The Topical Tree Poetry -The Joy of Life

THE JOY OF LIFE SNOWBALLING ~~~~~~~~~~ the joy of life snowballing I've tried and tried to entice belief in that all snowballs end up thawing the joy of life is quickly going to disappear I've tried and tried to entice belief in our need for fresh air the joy of life is hanging by a thread I've tried and tried to entice to do what's right before we all end up dead the joy of life why can't the human race understand I've tried and tried to entice that what we are doing isn't grand the joy of life what will it take to convince I've tried and tried to entice nigh too late my face crinkled with a wince the joy of life we were warned, now all gone I've tried and tried to entice could this be our swansong joy glad mirth joking smiling laughing happiness fulfilment pleasurable enjoyability deliciousness accomplishment death ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'The Topical Tree' A new form of poetry just invented by me, utilising, the 'shape' poetry format overall, with the 'snowball' poetry form for the trunk, and any form that makes for a good canopy. The subject material must be "topical", ie, trending, current, historical, events. The format: The canopy; any form of poetry, 1 stanza, no restraint on the number of lines. Lines not to exceed 12 syllables. The 'trunk'; a form referred to as a snowball. It starts with the smallest word alluding to the topic, then using synonyms increase in size by 1* letter, ending in an antonym, refer to my example poem. The whole must be centered. * Try to make the trunk branchless, the odd knobbly bump or hole not a problem. (The latter will happen at times).You can by hitting the space bar make the branch/es, hole/s appear on one side of the trunk, Or the other, just an afterthought ;-) Mick