Through the woods

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Poem By: Forever and for always
Poetry

Tags: poetry, contest

Alice’s Challenge:
Subject: oak tree
Setting: woods

Words;
mightily
shake
palm
shout
narcissism (in love with yourself)
echo

Challenge level 6
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Submitted: Jun 24, 2008 Reads: 28 Comments: 4 Likes: 1

The echo of the woods

Knows no bounds

Every nook and every cranny

Is known by one

A single oak tree stands alone

In the middle of the woods

With no one around.

The land was bought

By a single man

Cold hearted and cruel

He thrived from his narcissism

He cared for no one

And no one cared for him

But that wouldn’t stop him

From getting what he wanted

And now he wanted the woodlands cleared.

The men came

The very next day

As the man had ordered

They would obey

They would shout to each other

Before they began

To chop down the trees

With the axes held

In the palm of their hands.

One by one

The trees would fall

Until they finally reached the middle

Where the mightily oak tree

Still stood tall

They would shake the tree

As they began to chop it down

Until like all the others

The tree fell down.

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Comments:

xjamesdavisx

wow this is well scouted.... very good point of view and I love the energy in this poem good job !!!

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Posted: Jun 24, 2008

Alice Oiseau

noooooo!!!! don't cut down the trees!!!!! :(
i'm a proud tree hugger... XD

the oak tree better not fall down! stand tall Mr. Oak! hahaha :) all right - back to the poem, not bad. it was a good read and had an interesting story behind it ^^ i liked it! you did well with the challenge - my only minor complaint was that i wish you talked more about the oak tree, and less about the man. it seemed most of the poem was centered around him.
but besides that - you've created a great poem! i got really into it, haha! which is a good thing, when you can pull your reader in :) good job!

Posted: Jun 24, 2008