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what do you think about my Trees poem?
please let me know what you think about my poem. I started writing it in reply to a thread about trees on a forum and then just decided to make it into a long poem
Standing like sentinels seeking to sustain us with their presence
They ask not for our assistance or that of our repentance
In their permanent stance of exaltation
Their branches reach for the sky
their growth knows no limitation
and only their best friend God knows why
New leaves conceived
They hold on tight so green and bright
in Spring and Summer
but then comes the bummer
The leaves fall in Autumn
The ground stood there and caught em
they just let go or did the tree really throw
them into the wind to be carried away
say I'm sorry but you can't stay
You are a part of me and I loved you
but now it's time for you to shoo
return to the Earth
One that gave you birth
I need you no longer
for now I'll be stronger
I've set you free like you've done to me
a lesson learned from Saturn
if you look for the pattern
You'll see that they both have rings
and now it's time for new beginnings
2 Answers
- RobertLv 49 years agoFavorite Answer
It's workable. You have rhymes, so now what you have to do is regularize your meter. The length of your lines should not be a consequence of the rhymes, but the other way around. I think you'll understand what I mean when you compare this messed up version of a famous Poe poem to the original:
Once upon a midnight dreary,
While I was weak and weary,
Looking at many, many volumes of forgotten lore,
Almost napping,
Suddenly there came a tapping,
Or some gently rapping,
At my chamber door.
"Some visitor,' I muttered, "knocking on my door,
Than that nothing more."
- Anonymous9 years ago
meter, rhythm work it
their are some good ideas here