Seeds Sprouted From Deep Within Mother Earth

Seeds Sprouted From Deep Within Mother Earth Where watered are roots from my ancestral tree in fields sown with pain and bitter harvests Strong, brave-hearted once truly proud and free sprouted mighty eagles from fledglings in a nest Clear streams flowing, deep forests their paradise the red-man lived life and sang happy songs Long before whites came with deceit and vice building towns filled with their lost greedy throngs Seeds sprouted from deep within mother earth freedom had its price but gave deep treasures Living , loving and fighting for all his worth red-man fought fire with full equal measures Fate rewarded its deceivers with stolen goods Now, Nature weeps when whites cut down our ancient woods Robert J. Lindley, 11-03- 2016 Sonnet- LIN-10,11,12 Poem Syllable Counter Results Syllables Per Line: 11 10 10 12 0 11 10 10 10 0 10 10 11 11 0 12 11 Total # Syllables: 149 Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: Total # Words: 110