Topical Tree Poetry - Dust Devils

DUST DEVILS - Topical Tree Poetry ~~~~~~~~~~ //\\ the African plains once lush... verdant... living dust devils now reign [[[]]] in the jungle the sightly found a living all the jungles... gone... [[[]]] dust devils thriving anhydrous ere the dew drops beetles salvation [[[]]] nature provides many niches... dew drops... life the early birds drink dry arid dried desert barren drought desolate torrefied dehydrated wet ~~~~~ 'Topical Tree Poetry: Defined:' A new form of poetry invented by me, (Mick E Talbot), utilising, the 'shape' poetry format overall. Using 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 #dust #devil