The Dying Pond

The Dying Pond

"A woodland soon rises from the trees' breath

And hides the pond, the grass and death." - avr

Dr Abe V Rotor

Living with Nature - School on Blog

Lesson: Write an essay on Life Cycle. Facing the final end. Death brings new life, a new beginning. Poetry.

Nymphaea lilies was painted by Claude Monet before he became blind.

"Death be not proud," this dreaded fate defied;

In death something rises at its side,

As on a dying pond, a swamp in its place

Grows, dying in peace and grace.

And the watery grave dries into grassland

Where roam the hooves and paws in band;

And the winged sweep the air retreating

On the trees nearby and advancing.

In succession the trees come when the wind blows,

They ride on furs, beaks and claws;

A woodland soon rises from the trees' breath

And hides the pond, the grass and death.~

References: Living with Nature Series, AVR, UST 2003-2007