{"id":2897,"date":"2024-07-08T20:41:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T00:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2024-07-09T21:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T01:28:08","slug":"sunrise-from-tiger-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/sunrise-from-tiger-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise from Tiger Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Blue Sunbirds haunt this region. They<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Convert this hill into an odeum<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">At five a.m. Tree branches sway<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">When dawn winds blow, making a constant hum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">By six, a gradual colour change<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Occurs above the distant mountain range:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The sky, once lazuli and white,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Gets flooded by the hue of orange-gold<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">From Heaven&#8217;s mega source of light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The tourists, standing cheek by jowl, behold<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">This incandescent spectacle<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Like witnessing a one-time miracle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The children are moon-eyed and thrilled,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Adults and elders bow in adoration<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">(As if to God Himself), all stilled,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kangchenjunga<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gets its coronation,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">And youngsters click and store this view<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Until that light has fully bathed them too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>* Word Meanings:<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Tiger Hill: a hill in Darjeeling (a town in India) from which sunrise over the Kangchenjunga mountains can be witnessed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Kangchenjunga: a Himalayan mountain, the third highest in the world<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2904 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shamik-Banerjee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shamik-Banerjee.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shamik-Banerjee-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shamik-Banerjee-1024x984.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shamik-Banerjee-768x738.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Shamik-Banerjee-360x346.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/>Shamik Banerjee is a poet from India. 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