The Stag

i wrote this for an english project last year. it needed to be about nature and life. it also had to include different types of poetic usage, including metaphor, personification and alliteration.

The Stag

 

The Southern wind glides past the emerald grass as the stag stands still, tall and proud

The flowers below his hooves imitate the wind’s cool breeze, dipping forward as if to bow before their master

 

The foliage endlessly encompassing the land are his palace walls, in which he commands all,

His antlers are a crown of trees, attesting to his title as king of the forest

The oak branches sway to and fro, like graceful dancers before him

While he laps the water of the serpentine river spiraling into the depths of the dark forest.

 

Suddenly, he lifts his head high, as the sun rises towards the racing wind

The stag’s eyes begin to burn with enlightenment as the two souls meet together

Their energy creates a perfect harmony bound to the land below.

 

The king charges off with an air of dignity,

Visions of bright crimson and gold reign over his mind

The sun soon sets on his domain

And the wind dies down to nothing more than a lost echo,

In a land slowly flooded by darkness.

 

Author's Note

i wrote this for an english project last year. it had to include different types of poetic usage, including metaphor, personification and alliteration.

Reviews

[Kiya]

Have you ever read the book called Fire Bringer? I can't remember who the author is at present, but a really good book. All to do with deer. Your poem is one big painting, so intricate that you would have to stare at it for hours on end to get the full meaning. A true wordsmith! :)

[Pakino]

Great poem. The peom made me think a bit which is a good thing lol. Keep it up.

[Lexy]

Wow, Kyle. This was beautifully written, and yet again, you made me look up a word in the dictionary. I think it shows the idea that superior males feel the need to be, well, superior.

[Mistral Bilgera]

ah, i miss the times i do this kind of projects.

nice work on the imagery.
:)