The Oak And The Reed Comments

Hi Frank, Thank you. I have to laugh! I just visited my English teacher who is now a ripe 85 years old and yes I was his pet.Thank you for the compliments. I have set this to music as well and it is very Beatle like. Take care, Paul

Well, then...you must have been your Literature Teachers pet in your senior year, Paul...This is impressive work, indeed...The structural movement is mellifluous and virtually flawless. I Like The rhyme scheme includng your employment of the lone repetitive line...Works well. Stellar quilling! ~FjR~

Hi Valsa, Believe it or not I wrote this when I was only 17 years old and it has stayed with me all these years. Thank for for your reading it and your wonderful comment. Paul

A lovely poem on Nature and the response of the oak and the reed to the blowing wind! The oak stands firm while the reed bends to and fro. The sturdiness of the oak and the fragility of the reed are strikingly brought out! The refrain in between gives a lyrical effect to the poem!