Thread: Just a tree!

I'm not a poet so I don't understand the rules that go with the craft. So this is being posted here incase its a bit of a joke!

I'm not looking for any feedback, there are some things you should leave to the professionals and poetry is one of them for me! So this is just something to share with everyone as it's a one off for me.

I hope you like it!

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I am a tree of many a year,
Since before you were born I have stood here.

I am a tree, proud and tall,
I've lived to see great empires fall.

I am a tree, a sight to behold!
I was cut down before getting old.

I am a table, pathetic and dead,
I'm now just a place to butter your bread.

I like it Potty.

It was nice. I felt bad for the tree.

Lol I like this one. But as Cesar said I do feel bad for the tree. For something so grand to be eventually reduced to a mere table is pretty sad.

I wouldn't be so quick to criticize myself, if I were you For a once-off you've pulled quite a hat trick! You sketch a grand scene of a majestic tree, you draw the reader in and commit their hearts to the subject, and then you twist the poem for a heartbreaking ending. Nice social commentary.

Thanks for all your comments I'm the sort of person that thinks a really good poem has to rhyme and have some rude words in it, so it's nice to know that you don't have to know a lot about the rules to produce something people can enjoy.

True about the tree. I was thinking it got made into a cutting board which would be even worse! I would much rather be a table.

And potty, do you mean rap lyrics? Rude words? Like "potty"?

Originally Posted by stellar

And potty, do you mean rap lyrics? Rude words? Like "potty"?

Eh? Potty was a name given to me many years ago. Started off as 'Pot White' when my mates saw how brilliant I was at snooker. Got changed to Potty over time.

Lol that's funny. If you ever challenge me to 'snooker' go easy please? As for me and nicknames... Not as cool. I used to eat gummy worms so I got that nicknames. It didn't stick very well.