Tree

Hello again, dear reader. Today for #NaPoWriMo, I have been stretched to the very limits of my creativity. We were invited to write a Calligram. A calligram is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image. The image created by the words expresses visually what the word, or words, say. In a poem, it manifests visually the theme presented by the text of the poem. Now, anyone who knows me understands that I am not an artist who can draw pictures. I can write pictures, but other than that, I am hopeless. I don't know if I 100% followed the rules on this, but I don't care. I wrote my poem, and I am pretty darn proud of it. And I had fun. I hope you enjoy this piece. 

Rod E. Kok

April 9, 2015

                                                         I

                                                    climbed

                                                  a         tree

                                               one    summers

                                              eve   to see what

                                             I    could          see.

                                          And what I saw had me

                                        in fright, it     really     was

                                       a sight.   I saw          a  world

                                    all gone to pot, with war and pain

                                and strife, right there I thought 'Oh what

                               a way to spend     one's  fragile            life'.

                             And as I sat     out on                 a           limb

                           I cried    a   little    bit. For this was not the world

                         I loved, my faith        took             a         bit         hit.

                       With that I left    my lofty   perch      and     went   back

                      to the ground,   I did not  want   to    see  this          world,

                    I hated            what           I         found.          And  so      I

                  tried     to make     a change,   at     least that's how I thought

                                             Alas my efforts

                                                were in vain

                                                I found not

                                               what I sought.

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