The Monster Poem by Loretta Shively
The Monster
It whispers in my ear.
It rustles through the grass.
It brushes at my skirt
in such a rush to pass.
The leaves look up in fear.
It bends and breaks the trees.
And everything around
within its presence flees.
Its fury rises high.
It rips the roof apart.
It claws the boards from barns
and flips the silage cart.
It kicks the buckets far,
in anger slams the doors.
It throws the hay in eyes
while I am doing chores.
It grabs and steals the mail,
forever gone and lost.
I hurry back inside.
It isn't worth the cost.
It beats upon the walls.
It shrieks through all the holes.
It flattens all the plants,
and tears the lines from poles.
It howls around the house
and rattles at the glass.
It seemed so gentle when
it played amid the grass.
A deadly spinning tail.
A man defying roar.
It vomits killer waves
that crash upon the shore.
It's unpredictable
and so undisciplined.
It races ‘round the world:
The ever changing Wind!
Loretta Shively
'it played among the grass.' I think among may not be as appropriate as 'amid'. I found this in my search: 'Among is usually used with plural, countable nouns whereas amid is used with uncountable, mass nouns' : )
Today I plen to add this to my usually-monthly collection 'PH poems', which I call my 'showcase', found, as if it is a single poem by me, in my list of poems on pH.
(cont.) Your telling me the Monster's tale, with your rhyming, causes me, your poem, to keep. : ) bri
Like a wind, your poem grabbed ahold of me, shaking me from my near-sleep.
Like the wind, your poem took ahold of me, shaking me from near-sleep.
Before finding you poem I was reading weather-related stories on a weather site! : ) bri
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/4/2024 12:04:25 AM # 1.0.0.1119
5 stars, Loretta. I like consistent rhyming, and usually use it, but it took an effort for me and my aging body to verify your consistency/constanc in rhyming. .
Thank you for reading and rating! Also appreciate the suggestion… amid does fit better than among : )