This was written from the once-ler/greed-ler(Lorax) point of view. Which ever way yew prefer to look at it. I also wanting to try rhyming. I hope yew enjoy..
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Our stories are as we see them - our perceptions. Hence our view is what we try to express - even when it's the "our perception" of the other side. You did well - it was understood. Sir Joe raised a fair point also, a different "view" could express the thoughts another way. But in the end, I and all the others here "listened" to your thoughts as you expressed them and found we each had a "view" and that is what we as artists and poets want - to be heard.
Oh wow, I just watched this movie again for the first time in decades with my 9 year old daughter two days ago...how funny is that? Well, I like the flow, and the rhyming was okay, but you lost it at the end...probably by design, which is why I think it works. Good job. Keep up the hard work, and thank you for sharing this with us.
It pays to be familiar with the story (fable, to be more specific) about Lorax and the greedy Once-ler. The poem makes me think that it is an allegory. Corporate people (Once-ler) tend to be so greedy about earning more that they become so meagerly concerned about our environment. They turn forests into concretes. In the end, they'll realize that doing such will make them lose everything.
The allegory, I find nice. However, the flow is not well-established. You have to be particular with the way the readers will read your poem by considering the pauses or stops during the reading. Proper punctuation will do the trick. Try to read the poem in the right manner. You will find yourself stopping or pausing at certain parts where you are supposed to free-flowingly read. So if you don't mind, let me suggest the following changes in punctuation and groupings:
I traveled
Far from home
To find
A forest where many creatures roam --
Where the Truffula trees grow
Wild and free.
The prefect material for my Thneed
Chopping down one tree
Shouldn't do harm,
Right?
But then
The Lorax came to start a fight.
I stopped
Until...
The greed
Needed its fill
Before I could tell
I had taken away their homes.
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