Plants and Birds
by Darryl Price
When you speak,
trees either
stretch themselves
into a
smile or the
wind blows a
sad sigh into
clouds. When
you lie, the
sun drools. When
you think, the
grass either
turns brown or
finds another
door through
which to express
its own
green dreaming.
When you meet
a wild rabbit's
soft gaze
with a sincere
hello,
other animals
can
feel it on
their fur like
a ripple
on an ocean.
When you
listen to
a bird sing,
you can hear
all those stars
telling a
true story.
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Now this is what I call effective writing. Much more than "good", "charming", "lovely", or, definitely, "nice". In fact, it's none of these, thankfully. The line breaks and stanzas work to make the poem read the way it should, with emphasis on verbs and/or imagery at the beginning of various lines/stanzas. Without doubt, this is one of your best poems, Darryl. I would like to see more of the same style. *
Beautiful how nature responds to one.Love it.
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Lovely.
I read recently that birdsong makes people feel safe.