Twisted Beauty
Twisted and knurled weathered by the sea,
A dead pohutukawa no longer a tree,
A ghostly apparition of black and white,
Grotesque yet beautiful a wondrous sight.
Heres a chance to rest a while,
Time to think to joke or smile,
Around the island and back again,
One persons loss is another's gain.
Gone the flowers of brightest red,
Also the sap from which they were fed,
Of silvery leaves there is no trace,
But in appearance there's a certain grace.
Against the skyline a silhouette of worth,
Once a product of God's own earth,
He who studies any structure bold,
Reaps a reward far greater than gold.
About this poem;-
Walking down the beach and around
a small island this weather beaten tree stood out and to
me had a remarkable appeal. On my return home I wrote
the above poem,so it will live on forever.
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Submitted by RowAroundTheMoon on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDEFFGGHHIIJKLMN |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 149 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
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