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Sonnet To Carlsbad Caverns
Contributed by
ramfire
on
Friday, 20th February 2004 @ 07:29:27 PM in AEST
Topic:
NaturePoetry
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Antibacchic Meter
Deep cave, stalactites, stalagmites adorn thy black hollows where
flowstone with cave made gems lie like pearls placed by far sea oysters.
White colored calcite runs grace thy walls, limestone tubes yea show here.
You seem sphere alone having wetsome ever present old moistures.
See thy huge chambers lie draped in a velvet lined darkness.
Bright lights are wired high to show way down steep climbs, stairs made by man.
Daylight has no place in thy cold depths' seen utter bleak darkness.
I try to paint awesome sight; neither nice speech nor fine lines can.
Freetail bats use cave as home hanging most high from domes' ceilings.
Seen by all they leave their lone sanctum late seeking live insects.
Aye, piles of guano sell, so many make wise astute dealings.
These sage men make countless guano treks; they mine, not one objects.
Strange twisted shapes made of calcite, helicite reflect thy will.
A quiet deep darkness, guano and Freetail bats show eyes still.
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ramfire
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Re: Sonnet To Carlsbad Caverns
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 20th February 2004 @ 07:36:08 PM AEST
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This beautifully describes these caverns. I have been there 9 times in my 56 years and never fail to see something I had missed before. The bats emerging in the evenings is a sight to behold. There importance to the ecology is astounding. The stark beauty of the area always fills me with a sense of awe. Of all the caverns I have been to in this country, Carlsbad is my favorite by far.
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Re: Sonnet To Carlsbad Caverns
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by Kie on
Friday, 20th February 2004 @ 08:25:25 PM AEST
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| Now I wanna go there! This poem had great imagery. Kie |
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