My dear Robin, what went wrong?
The joyful spring is on its way out.
You seem to have forgotten your song.
In your eyes, I see fear and doubt.
Vainly, you wait for a tender mate.
The joyful spring is on its way out.
How unkind and fickle is the fate!
Your voice has lost its euphony.
Vainly, you wait for a tender mate.
The streets are full of cacophony
due to beaming T.Vs and honking cars.
Your voice has lost its euphony.
The constant medley of noises jars.
Your ancestral song has missing notes
due to beaming T.Vs and honking cars.
Through urban haze, it vainly floats.
The mating season has come and gone.
Your ancestral song has missing notes.
Danger lurks in the morrow's dawn.
My dear Robin, what went wrong?
The mating season has come and gone.
You seem to have forgotten your song.
Author notes
Environmentalists are worried about the impact of sound pollution, on the future of urban birds. A research study found that urban birds are developing a sort of learning disability due to too much noise in the background and are therefore, not getting the mating songs right. If this trend continues, many species may become extinct.
Written July 17th, 2005
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Hello again
Enjoyed this a lot, thank you.
One of the few poems through which my slow mind is able to grasp the form. I like the whole package here though.
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Nice, touching, sweet and sad poem, unfortunately a true nowaday story from nature because wea do not take a care of our environmental. All over the world the same story. What are we doing? -
wow loved it. Keep it up!!
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I have never heard this information before ( how sad it is however) on a lighter note...I must tell you I am owned by three birds ( a blue and gold MC Caw) ( an African Grey) and a ( Quaker Parrot)their song , be it a mating song or other
is just fine. Now you have me wondering if I have occured any dammage to my ears for their song is at times a loud screech and squawk It is a shame though on how unconcerned we as humans are about our wildlife. We built million dollar homes in their domain , and then we want to declare open hunting season on them ( as they get into our garbage cans to find food for survival ) shaking head,
respect,
Reenie
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a good message ot bring awareness to the people is commendable and yoru authors notes that help the reader get on the same page ... we are slowly killing our earth, through so called technology ... such sources or knowledge will only tear us apart ... do we really need it? id personally . have ot say no
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I much prefer the terzanelle to the villanelle, and not only have you written it well, but the subject matter is well presented and each individual line is a poem in itself.
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This is brilliantly written Terzanelle.... and as the first attempt you've done superbly well... There's much truth in the content of this poem that the noise pollution is effecting the birds somehow... we've a small nature resort nearby and birds are migrating since a new road's be laid, yet the road is quite away from it but at night time when it gets quiet the noise can be heard... I don’t know the answer though…. Perhaps new technology has a lot to blame for... the scientists keep on inventing without realising the knock on affect on the nature… well penned….
mina
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This was really good. For some reason this goes beyond birds for me it can be related to people as well. We are all looking for that special someone and sometimes we screw up just like the robin with it's song. I hope they find some kind of cure for the birds. Great poem.
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I have to say I'm not keen on any of the ...elles. The forced repetition, or indeed forced anything, in poetry really isn't to my taste.
But here you have written something that I truly enjoyed!
This feels far from forced and actually has meaning, LOL!
Very well done on this!
Kyla X
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