Jasmines in the Night – A Poem by Anita Bacha

Take me with you,

To a land where jasmines 

Bloom in the night,

Where moths freely die in the light,

As I bloom and I die in your favors

Take me with you,

Keep me close to you,

As the vespertine fragrance

Invigorates the breath of lovers,

And I write with the ink of your eyes,

These petals of poetry,

Chaste as scented jasmines in the night.

Anita Bacha

Dear friends and readers, this poem is a revised and edited version of my original poem White Flowers in the Night. I was inspired by the prompt word vespertine to rewrite the original poem.

Vespertine is a poetic term for being active in the evening, or a flower that blooms in the evening. So, I’d guess the jasmine flowers that bloom in the night and are renowned for their rich,sweet,floral and musky aroma would be the perfect theme of my poem .

It’s also interesting to note that in India, the glam jasmine is known as Raat ke Rani (the Queen of the Night) .

Anita Bacha

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Author: Anita Bacha

Creative and inspirational writer of stories, poetry, and haikus I am also an addictive reader of novels, poetry, haiku, and children's storybooks. I am the author of SOUL POETRY a book of inspirational poems, verses, and quotes published by Partridge India (2015) The Maker of Miracles (2006) published in the USA by Dorrance Publishing and My Journey with God (2008) published under the banner of Sai Towers, India is the narration about my spiritual journey. My new poetry book INK Echo of life and love published by Éditions de L’Ocean Indien (2019) in Mauritius, my birth country is a collection of love poems extolling the feelings and desires of women. The Princess and the Crow is my first storybook for children, released by Austin Macauley Publishers London in March 2019. Two years later, I was inspired to write and published two other books - WAKASHIO, a storybook for children, and PINK MOON - AN ANTHOLOGY OF HAIKU POEMS. I love to write. I guess my writing has a special cliché of island 🌴 life, natural, unpretentious, and full of beauty.

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      2. The pleasure is mine,Michael! I am very active on Twitter nowadays and hardly find time to contribute to WordPress.
        Well, I guess I couldn’t leave 2025 behind without a piece of my heart ♥️

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