In the overgrowth and swamps
Many of the plant kingdom may look like weeds
Floating winged seeds that grew into reeds
Plants like seaweeds
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Lovely poem! I totally agree - such fun to be had in exploring a river bank. I've seen how it can fascinate kids and take them out of the clutches of cyber space. I wrote a poem about a river experience earlier this year. It's called Solo River Adventurer. And since you live in Tanzania, you might enjoy my Sigi River poem written in Amani,
The most important bank of all - the bank of the river. You had me wading around with you. Great to meet again in PH!
Great illustrations and an inspiring poem, Zaynab. But don't mention seeds to me! Some rascal gave me six different types of seeds a few weeks back. My garden is like a minature jungle so I had to clear a space four yards square to make room for planting. Put my back out for a month! Just recovering! There is much joy exploring River banks, I agree.
Very nice poem! I like the rhyme scheme that you used. And such beautiful imagery!
Really a lovely poem, with advice of how to protect one's self from mites! Thanks for sharing!
This is a great poem with funny plays of words! Loved the whole nature description, awesome poem :)
Lot of flora and fauna all about... Yeah time to go out and about Nonetheless, beware of the ticks and dangerous mites, then protect yourself. Lovely, both poem and picture.
Oh Wow! ! ! ! ! ! My Heart Is Melted By This Wondrous Painting! ! ! ! ! Skeeters And All I Love The Way This Falls! ! ! ! Beautiful Flow! ! ! ! ! Fantastic It Glows! ! ! ! ! Love Nature! ! ! ! ! Excellent Poem! ! ! ! ! Many, Many 10+S! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I enjoyed reading your poetry+++++++++++ Nature is truly a treasure if both the mature and the immature would not harm the world for their own pleasure++++++++++++++
PH acting up as is usual. Wrote a nifty comment and PH ate it up and left me with an empty comment box. So I am outfoxing this and writing this in a comment box on another site and then I will copy and paste it to this site. PH is starting to be more work than it is worth... except I love reading other people's poetry and this is the best writing group in which to do that. Now to the best of my recollection I pointed out that your nature scenes were very poetic and knowledgeable and I really liked the way you brought in the truth about protecting oneself from the buglife! That gave your poem verisimilitude in addition to beauty! Well written, my friend! I really like the way you added truth and realism to your poem which is refreshing
A great reminder that the real wealth is in the other bank. But no withdrawals demanded, needed or encouraged. A brilliant poem.
A great eye opener to nature's treasures. The idea of a visit to a riverbank is a beautiful idea of simplicity abundant in the richness of nature's treasures and of all that is important and valuable in life. Well done and thanks to the Poet.
A lovely poem about nature. Yes, it is really wonderful to pay a visit to a riverbank. It is a treasure. A great piece and rhyme.