This is a famous poem written by Melisande Heather. She is an Elf of the woodlands of Avalonia.
Purpose
This is an ode to nature.
Historical Details
Public Reaction
It took years for any of her poems to come to the public eye, this was her first poem that gained any influence in the public eye. After her poem was discovered by the common people they loved it. It wasn't written in a language that they couldn't understand, but about something they could understand.
Ode to Nature
Ode to Nature
Watching the sun----rise through the sky.
With mist rising peacefully off a nearby lake.
I beheld a flock of geese conversing
Atop a ridge, there was a glimpse
Of horses running, rearing, and bucking.
In greeting to the morning sun.
Standing on a summit
Looking down into a valley
Filled with gently rolling banks of mist
The peaceful sounds of morning
Emerged in perfect clarity.
As a butterfly emerges from a cocoon
The animals woke to feed, drink and rejoice
In the joyous stillness of the morning sun.
The sun signifies a promise
Of the spiritual awakening
Of countless people in the days to come.
We passed over mountains
Through hills and plains
Crossed bridges spanning
Lakes and streams
Saw forests all around
That abound with alders,
Birch and cottonwood.
Poplars, oak, and a spattering
Of evergreen to balance
The combination.
The trees were colored with the
Turning of the seasons.
The mist obscured
And made mysterious
What’s behind.
The plains were colored with
Amber waves of grasses and grains.
Where plants abound and
Nature roams free
The rocks were black
And red and grey
This description proclaims
And clarifies
Our glorious pilgrimage
Of the day.
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