Such Wonders Are Breathtaking To Behold

Such Wonders Are Breathtaking To Behold (NOT FOR CONTEST THAT INSPIRED THIS POEM) The morning dew on red rose does glisten As early dawning sun beams brightly down Such beauty, bees decorate that soft gown As Nature's music plays, creatures listen Seeing such, in great awe man can not frown Be it in wilds of the woods or hometown Such depth of beauty must always glisten Such wonders are breathtaking to behold Wherein life, earth, and brighter blue sky meet That greatness of all tends to gladly greet The wise hearts and souls of both young and old Cold of winter or steam of summer heat Depths of vivid colors can not be beat Could man find greater beauty to behold Where forests meet the rivers flowing deep Colorful riverbanks birth soft flowers Light beaming down, feeding glory the hours Even with moon's glowing while creatures sleep Some spread colors tall as mountain towers This shining shows Nature's true life powers Wisdom man would do well to ponder deep Upon meadows ranging across this land Spreads panorama of colors and life Cutting its scenic views like a sharp knife With precision through crops and timberland Nature hands both man and animals strife Its flows in time, where life and death are rife Across breadth of all earth's majestic land Jungles and mountains across its wide space In Africa's wildness teeming life glows In fantastic beauty, great spirit shows Within hardiness of its festive face Stirs toughness, a higher power bestows Regardless of how bad the ill wind blows There growing, its creatures and human race As winds blow across panoramic views Life splashes within its colorful deep scenes Even without mortals or their machines Nature's beauty casts for its many hues Despite plunder, man does by other means Nature can correct as it grooms and preens And if not, mankind gets to pay its dues We may admire scenes of earth and wildlife Yet ignore the plight of destruction wrought Great wonders destroyed from changes we brought Our habit to gift unintended strife Far more destructive than any dreadnought Are actions we fail to ever be taught Costs of our higher quality of life Robert J. Lindley, 3-27-2016 Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Total # Syllables: 490 Total # Lines: 56 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: Total # Words: 350 ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Contest-- Specifications and suggestions from sponsor. 1.HUMAN NATURE Nature and humanity FORM : 4 stanza poem that has 7 lines in each stanza and in the following format: First three lines describe nature, a natural feature, lakes, mountains, forests, game reserves etc. You can personify nature 4th line is a bridge i.e shifting to the human side 5, 6 and 7 lines bring in the human aspect (What people do there, how they interact with nature, fun things to do/see, what you did there what you would like to do there etc) The poem must have the following rhyme scheme: ABCACBA Minimum number of syllables per line must be 6 and maximum must not exceed 10 I will be impressed by the use of the following in your poem(but dont over do) Imagery - Take me there with your words Alliteration, Assonance and Consonance I also love learning new words: Make the dictionary your friend Cliches knock the stuffing out of me......so You can submit new and old poems(Just make sure they conform to the format laid out here) ----------------------------- ----------------------------- NOT ENTERING CONTEST AS I WROTE THIS WITHOUT STOPPING THIS MORNING AND IT CAME OUT OF ME AS 7 STANZAS. THUS DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A 4 STANZAS POEM WAS REQUIRED. I REFUSE TO CUT IT DOWN EVEN ONE WORD TO ENTER.....