Sotto Poet Poet Limerick

Strength to Ember

Written: June 8, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Joseph May
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An elephant roamed with great might,
Its footsteps would shake day and night.
Yet time took its toll,
Turned flesh into coal,
Now, fuel a world bathed in light.

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Linda Alice Fowler June 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM Fossil fuel...life begets life. Cute one Las! Congratulations! :)

Joseph May June 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM Very nicely penned' Congrats on your win

Maclawrence Famuyiwa June 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM This is a good one. Congrats.

Krishnanand Guptar June 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM Congratulations poet friend on your win in this contest with a wonderful, metaphoric write. Wish you a cheerful day.

Duke Beaufort June 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM SP, cute indeed. The formation of fossil fuel. We've used it to build an industrial era and hopefully we'll transition to renewables quickly. Hope you are climate controlled properly and comfortable! Smiles!!

Andrea Dietrich June 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM Like science rolled into a limerick!

Valsa George June 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM This is indeed a lovely limerick. Quite true too. In time, we do not know what will happen to us. So the mighty elephant got turned into fuel. All the best dear friend.

Paige Hind June 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM This really hit me hard- what a irony, but twisted- poor thing

Jay Narain June 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM A source of bio fuel.