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Hello all. I am the Unsung Bard, mastermind behind a few RP's and talented poet. From now on, you have the PRIVELAGE of seeing some of my best, and worst, works. They will be posted weekly, and I hope to alternate between my good and not so good poems.

Starting with one of each, here is the first poem I ever wrote...

Words

So much depends upon
A single word
For like a seed
It can grow
From word to sentence
From sentence to paragraph
From paragraph to book
The seed has become a tree
Though some plant seeds
That become bushes
Which bear sweet berries
Like the words in poem

A word can be like a bomb
That blows a dam
Thus a mighty river springs forth
Like the sentences in song
Yet the waters may turn rough
Like the words in rhyme and riddle
Twisting, turning through the rocks
Throwing off those
Who dare to brave its rapids

Yet even trees have roots
In truth words are many letters
Joined as one
They are the makings of worlds
The tributaries of rivers
The same mighty rivers
Flow out to sea
And join others
And where the seas meet
It creates the world
In which we read

Such are these words
That come in many forms
As gentle as the tallest oak
As fierce as a sea at storm

~

And one that's not so good...
Earth

I sit here within the clouds
And watch this planet from on high
What I have seen saddens me greatly
Tears fall like rain
To grace the barren soil
The air, once clean
Is now laden with filth
The water, once pure
Is now streaked with chemical waste
Dead fish, killed by pollution
Litter the beach
Majestic whales, who become coated in oil
Struggle for life
The wild life, once abundant
Is now scattered and rare
The people, clad in rags
Litter the streets
While the rich
Spend their money on weapons
Meant for each other
All they’ve been given
Is gone
All they have been blessed with
They have thrown away
Slowly, their planet dies
Slowly, life ebbs away
Slowly
Slowly

~

YAY FOR POETRY!

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