Prompts Hour Four
Remember, nature sings with a laconic tongue
She echos the truth where primal beauty has sprung.
that the strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung.
Her music and dance will ensure you stay young.
If you plant your heart gladly where all beauty has sprung
So that the strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung.
Text Prompt
Grab a book from your shelf. Read the last line in it. You have to use that line as the first or last line of your poem (with credit). If you don’t have any books near you load this page, and scan down till you find the right one.
This repetition in the final lines of each stanza – ‘that the strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung’ is not only a celebration of the power of nature but also a hymn to future possibilities and a recognition of the capacity for healing that nature possesses. Absolutely beautiful – and a wonderful response to this image!