Sunday, January 24, 2021

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: Explain the meaning of this poem on the point of ecology.  Illustrate the series of ecological changes (seres) that transform the pond to a woodland.  
 
Mountain Pond in acrylic by AVR. Mt Pulog, Benguet (circa 1985)

“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 hoofs and claws in band; 
And the winged sweep the air, retreating 
     On the trees nearby and advancing. 

Yes, the trees they come when the wind blows; 
     They ride on furs, beaks and furs; 
A woodland soon rises from the trees’ breath 
     And hides the pond, the grass, and death. ~

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