1 Following on from William Wordsworth’s poems, describe an experience in nature that has given you a sense of meaning that is beyond books. Write down your experience as a poem.
I Stand at the Stone
I stand at this cold stone, weeping for the weeds.
There lives a futile form of essence,
Some earth-strewn semblance,
To the world I have once known and seen.
I stand at this cold stone, and pray you will speak.
Through trees glazed in sunlight,
With bug, bee or dragonfly,
I pray as my knees touch the long fallen leaves.
A story for bedtime spoken through windchime,
and with these fae, ferns and foxgloves of yours,
Sit beside me now and blanket me in briar,
as you meander betwixt greenery and God’s sublime.
Proffer me peace as I grieve before the Galatea of you.
Give me hope in this archway of willows and youth;
ageless, they drift, then coil and snap with souls anew.
And the breeze, it preens, as if a rope to pull at life’s tooth.
You would say I am old…too old a sad soul,
Look at me with eyes of gardenia and baby’s breath.
If tempted to seek, choose the birth of another’s sleepy death.
When they left, Eden fell to a mere meadow of loneliness.
I stand at your ivy-kissed stone and hope for a storm,
Hope the rain will beat down upon every petal until it is torn.
Sit and bury my prayers in the soil of your grave.
This air around us is the breath to me in the garden you gave.
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Mariama E. Biro Saibou 
HI Mariama
I have really enjoyed reading your poem. Well done; I praise you for writing this as I wouldn’t even know how to write one myself. The images of flowers, trees and insects have really brought nature into every verse you have. The way you have put your words together is beautiful, and it seems that you have captured Wordsworth’s writing style. Keep up the great work, as I can’t wait to read many more of your poems.
Well done, and keep writing.
Jenny
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That is a wonderful poem Mariama- truly inspired. You capture the mood of the speaker beautifully and you evoke the atmosphere of surrounding nature vividly. Well done!
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Hi Mariama,
What an absolutely beautiful poem! I’m not a very big fan of poetry, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading your poem. Your use of imagery and adjectives is to be commended as it really brought your poem to life. Not only that, the pictures that you incorporated to visually assist the poem were lovely and gave the poem a calm and earthy feel to it. I also liked how you wove together spirituality and nature in “I pray as my knees touch the long fallen leaves”, which creates an intimate image of the persona’s feelings and surroundings. You also excellently integrate the breezy atmosphere of the natural world in which the tone of the poem really stands out. I think my favourite stanza has to be the last one; eloquently written, and ties the entire poem together into a tender conclusion. Wonderful work!
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