The Oak And The Reed Poem by Paul Amrod
The Oak And The Reed
I’ve seen the stormy oceans a-brew
and swarms of bees with honey a-new.
Sweet Mother Nature yields a heaven’s kiss
sending billowing clouds a-raining songs of bliss.
A giant oak stands proudly alone
exposed to Nature’s blustery new tones.
And the whistling wind sends its leaves in flight
Yet it bends not with the wind
While its branches twist and moan and it’s
Just the end of the beginning
Just the end of the beginning
The whiter book was held in the younger hand.
A meekly reed moves gently in time
attuned to Nature’s rhythm and rhyme.
As the whipping storm bends its stem to and fro
Singing through it melodies
Never ripping always loving for it’s
Just the end of the beginning
Just the end of the beginning
The whiter book was held in the younger hand.
The remnants sadly turn back a page
Of Aesop’s fable lesson in age
That to stand up tall
without budging at all
helps the pride but hurts the soul
and makes it hard to reach your goal and it’s
Just the end of the beginning
Just the end of the beginning
The whiter book was held in the younger hand.
Well, then...you must have been your Literature Teachers pet in your senior year, Paul...This is impressive work, indeed...The structural movement is mellifluous and virtually flawless. I Like The rhyme scheme includng your employment of the lone repetitive line...Works well. Stellar quilling! ~FjR~
Hi Valsa, Believe it or not I wrote this when I was only 17 years old and it has stayed with me all these years. Thank for for your reading it and your wonderful comment. Paul
A lovely poem on Nature and the response of the oak and the reed to the blowing wind! The oak stands firm while the reed bends to and fro. The sturdiness of the oak and the fragility of the reed are strikingly brought out! The refrain in between gives a lyrical effect to the poem!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Hi Frank, Thank you. I have to laugh! I just visited my English teacher who is now a ripe 85 years old and yes I was his pet.Thank you for the compliments. I have set this to music as well and it is very Beatle like. Take care, Paul