Nature's Lullaby

Make sure to read the author's note!

All                               the songbirds chorused a grimmest of tunes, fore they knew,

 

Things                         - grave things - would happen soon.

 

Speak,                         said Mother Nature, to the tall and slender pines;

 

In                                 the whispers of their wind rattled branches,

 

Their                            words were clear, spoken in their haunting

 

Way,                            and the Earth shed a tear. Yet in her silvery voice she sang:

 

Don’t                           fear the end, my children. Fore who will pay? Is it not

 

They?                          And with that, man’s machines muffled the earth’s final, dying gasps.

Author's Note

My favorite book in the entire world of books is The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. It was the book that made me fall in love with reading and writing.

One of my favorite quotes from it is, "All things speak, in their way, don't they?" I don't know why - I just have always adored it. So, I decided to try something new and make an acrostic woven into a regular poem.

Opinions?

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Well, it's not an acrostic but an interesting form nonetheless. I liked it. I pronounce the experiment a success! A true acrostic would make the first letters of each line form a vertical sentence. Here we have the first WORDS forming the sentence. The content was very good and as I said, I DID enjoy the form.

[devon]

Thank you!

[DalainaRenee]

I love poems and to write them. This title caught my attention! Nice job here!

[devon]

Thank you! :)

[Tip_Toe]

I felt your words! Lovely.

Tip

[devon]

Thanks!

[Coyote Poetry]

A powerful tale in your poem. Sad part the poem is coming true. We don't protect Nature. Is will be man's fatal mistakes. I like the set-up of the poem. Thank you for sharing the excellent poem.
Coyote

[devon]

Thank you for leaving an excellent review :)

[Lost in Wonderland]

whoa!! so clever haunting and beautiful! A very cool idea for an acrostic an you pulled it off stunningly! you are now one of my favorite ports. I respect the artistic way you view and word things! Never stop writing :D

[devon]

Thanks times a million for that big old HONKING compliment! I cannot thank you enough!

[Lost in Wonderland]

no problem at all girlie! I speak only the truth:)

[devon]

Well, thank you for speaking the truth, then!