A walk in the woods

Most days I go to the local woods I love to walk around seeing what's new , sometimes I even stop there before I go to work just to put food out for the birds, squirrels and whatever else comes by. I like to take photos of them too. I was inspired to writ

Went for a walk in the woods today
First thing I saw was a beautiful Jay
A quick  flash of blue
And then away it flew

Next I saw something yellow
it was a Brimstone being mellow
Fluttering by and up to the sky
I didn't even get to say Hi

I heard it sing with puffed out chest
then I saw the red of it's breast
A robin on the branch above me
sweetly singing for all to see

High above I heard a rustle
I wondered what was all the bustle
It was then I saw a blur of white
A woodpecker was in my sight

All of a sudden something grey,
Something else to see today
A squirrel gathering nuts to hide
There it goes, over to my left side

Went for a walk in the woods today
Plenty to see any time of the day
The sun is down now,  out of sight
I leave the woods and say goodnight

Sally Edwards
01/04/2008

Reviews

[Rockebah]

I love the poem. It was very good. It has good rhythum and rhyme and the imagery was brilliant. But the thing that really caught my attention was the colour scheme. The idea of putting each stanza in the colour mentioned about in it was good. Once again I enjoyed reading this poem alot. I am inspired by your words.

[Jessi Webb =)]

Very intriging ! Sorry about the spelling there .

[mjpink414]

Nicely done! Great imagery and rhythm. The colored text really empasizes it. I love it!

[LatoyaEvans]

This was simple and powerful at the same time. good stuff.

[Wildecat]

This is a beautiful poem, I too love nature, well done.

[Joanna Maharis]

A very nice observational piece. When I was reading this poem, I felt as if the narrator was taking me on a beautiful journey of discovery.

[Marianna Venodecci]

The colors work well with the poem. I liked the rhyme scheme. Good work. :)

[Rachel Cooper]

The colored text really adds to it. I really loved the simplicity and sweetness of this poem.

Very well done.

[ink_weaver]

:) its great, somehow it reminded me of my childhood...im not so sure why :))

[bailish]

That was sweet, especially the ending.

It reminded me that we need to keep our eyes open for what is around us all the time.

[KAREN BROWN]

I really enjoyed your poem a lot especially the colors you added like blue for blue jay ect. great job keep it up.