Elegy For the Reptiles of Old
Poem.
To give life to the long dead and gone
In woven words of truth and honour
the poet’s concern, their endeavour
to lament the passing of the former
for the latter to perceive, understand
when loved ones pass, we cry, mourn
for both humans and animals alike
do we stop; give pause and thought
to the great and the kingly beasts
that roamed and reigned before us?
the reptiles of old, terror to behold
once they ruled over green and blue
the land, the sea, and the sky above
we recall, tho' fleeting their time
we meditate tho' on what they were
for now, tho', they are but a memory
oh, to have seen their majestic glory
to gaze upwards and grant them infamy
deserved and just, as they garnered
respect and fear, in equal amounts
now, in craters and quarries, we find
dust for bones, sound sorrowful tones
the remains to be found, we surround
once great hunters of beast, foragers
stood tall, mighty, now they are fallen
many millennia passed by, as they lay
in death, their memory, though, lives
fossilised, yes frozen in time's annuls
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Author's Notes: So thought I'd do something a little different from my previous entry, which was more on the fun and silly side. Wanted to do a real, deep and meaningful elegy-style poem to the fallen reptiles of old.
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Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.
"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson
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Comments (7)
Nice entry!
Not me misreading annuls as anus hahahahahahhaha. Jokes aside, your poem was super deep! 🍩🥐
Nice poem!
Impressive writing!
OOOO! This was good!! I totally debated doing an elegy, I'm glad I didn't because you knocks this out of the park!!! Great work as always, Paul!!
Excellent!
Great work!