River Walk

The joy of the world and nature...

 

           The river flows mellifluously

           The mountains sing of Spring

           The resonance of nature

           Around my head does ring

 

           The butterflies are dancing

           For Summer’s pure delight

           The owls hoot quite mysteriously

           At the coming of the night

 

           The birds are flashing here and there

           Their young ones to be fed

           Not resting till the moon is high

           At last to reach their bed

                                   

         The badger shuffles aimlessly

           As daylight rays do glow

           Awaits the gleam of moonlight

           When for his food he’ll go

 

           The salmon fly like eagles

           Across the vicious weirs

           To spawn and recreate

           As they’ve done for years and years

 

           My footsteps echo round me

           As I walk the riverside

           Such eager busy creatures

           In … around the waters wide

 

           The river brings a message

           From the hills so far away

           To the estuary and open sea

           Each and every day

 

           I revel in this beauty

           Nature’s industry so free

           Each day it breathes new life

           So deep inside of me

 

           Phil Sanders

          

Reviews

[Sally Edwards]

What a delicious poem Phil, after a hard day of working and having just woken up I am loving this gorgeous poem, such beautiful descriptions, I can feel your enjoyment of the world around you, thank you so much for sharing this with us and bringing such joy and and beauty into my day.........I shall have my coffee now ,close my eyes and imagine all the beautiful things and breathe in the sweet smells of spring......... wonderful work :))

[jen -- JG]

Brilliant Phil - a delightful poem filled with beautiful imagery. The flow is great and it reads well from start to finish.

My only other comment would be a question -
is this line - The badger shuffles aimlessly - meant to be indented so far into the page?

It may only be a problem with the process of posting but maybe need checking out.

A lovely well written poem Phil.

jen-JG

[PureSyn]

Phil...this is a gorgeous write. Natures holds such beauty that it can leave one spellbound. You have so elegantly shared with us so many elements of its grace in this write..Awesome!
I love these verses:

" My footsteps echo round me
As I walk the riverside
Such eager busy creatures
In � around the waters wide

The river brings a message
From the hills so far away
To the estuary and open sea
Each and every day

I revel in this beauty
Nature's industry so free
Each day it breathes new life
So deep inside of me"
The sweet serenity of this just leaves me hushed. The flow when read aloud is perfect. An Outstanding poetic verse!

Nicole

[Natalie C and Gary H Co..]

Absolutely brilliant Phill. I should really get Natalie to review this as I would love her to get the feel of the English landscape in Spring. Hope you are entering this in the Spring competition and it's a sure-fire British winner in my eyes. It's poems like these that bring happiness into people's lives and make us feel at one with nature.

[April Child]

Ooh mellifluously, I have to go look that up! What a lovely poem, I love nature too and this is full of beautiful images to lift the heart. Butterflies dancing... wonderful.

[None]

Your poem expresses tenderly a gorgeous array of nature's finest! There is so much beauty and love that you put into this. It shows quite nicely!

[Sr.phil]

good stuff, good things, good job! the three G's. I really liked this piece, with every words that comes from you, ill be willing to read. Thumbs Up Phil!. Sr.Phil

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

great imagery, this paints a beautiful picture. nicely done.


Great write.
Rayne

[Lady Of Darkness]

I just love this one. I liked the second stanza mostly because you mentioned butterflies and Owl's lol.
The picture it paints is very lovely.
Beautiful write.

[Floating on the feather..]

A serene picture of the lovely nature that you have painted here has really made me draw in real hard to smell my hometown.The imagery is beautiful.


Great write.

[Tania Leigh]

A wonderful ode to nature....this was a very welcome read as I sit amongst snow banks five feet high!

The imagery in this is excellent, Phil :-)