Listen to the wind
Name of Contest: Listen to the Wind
Sponsor's Name: Constance La France
Date Written: 5th September, 2025.
Poem Placement: Second
The speech of the winds is understood not by the ears but by the eyes— By Poet.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not only does the wind sing — it speaks too,
At times in whispers, at times it thunders,
Strangely enough, humans know its language,
For it speaks in our various native tongue.
It foretells the course of natural events—
when rains will fall, when long dry spells will reign,
when nature rages and seeks appeasement from us,
And when its pleasures, too, it longs to share with glee.
Though all may hear, but only a few discern—
those who attend the whispers of the wind;
They are deemed wise, for wisdom rules their minds,
They make hay when sun shines, and store for rainy days.
No day goes by without the wind making speech,
Yet we're thrilled more by its song than by counsel.
Still it speaks, so it behooves on us to listen.
Not that it speaks in a tongue too strange for us—
yet some ears remain deaf to what it says;
But no eyes are blind to all it reveals,
So if ears hear none, the eyes will yet see all.
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