Fallen Tree

by JLR

I saw a tree in the forest fall
one standing, once stately, very tall.
The wind, at the time, at a lull.
Doves, mourning, in the forest fall.

I walked this forest many a time.
Enjoy, I did, the sun rays shine,
canopy ov'rhead was a shrine,
amidst this forest many a time.

Finely tuned animals chorusing voices,
chant, bemoaning natures odd choices,
Faunas' chants become praise rejoices,
Perfect pitch the animals chorusing voices.

Shelter and nourishment, the tree became,
Cover and food for more than some,
foraging, with winter to come,
More and new life's work the tree became

Still, as I walk near the fallen remains,
a new sapling in the ground gains.
The sun above, new feet sustains,
new life grows near the fallen remains.

To this tree, I return always intently,
season after season walking by gently,

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Potlatch Club Entry: Roger's Refrain--week of 11-15-2019

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***Any number of mono-rhyme quatrain stanzas,
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It is stanzaic, with quatrains, each stanza being mono-rhymed with the last half of line one, being the repeated refrain, as the last half of line 4.
There is no limit to the number of stanzas but the poem must end with a rhyming couplet.

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A tree never, just dies, when it falls..it brings life.

Fallen Tree

by JLR

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