Activity 5a- Write a Poem in Synthesis with the Theme of the Given Pictures

Activity 5a- Write a Poem in Synthesis with the Theme of the Given Pictures

The Old Man

The old man quietly reads,
Resting in his rocking chair,
He studys various seeds,
And grows some plants of rare

His wrinkled hands are just like bark,
Weathered from a lifetime of use,
These hands feed a little brown lark,
And set an orange butterfly loose

The old man- the human tree,
His wrinkled skin resembling bark,
His eyes reflect a still grey sea,
As he walks to his plants, movement stark

The human tree provides a home,
To insects great and small,
He studies them in a small, green dome,
Counting legs and antannae in all

We pass his house again one day,
Wondering what he was doing,
Wondering what words he would say,
Wondering what plant oil he was brewing.


The man is planting a shiny seed,
A special tree, I'm told,
He unroots a flowering weed,
And buries the seed of gold
Then the old man quietly reads,
Resting in his rocking chair,
He clasps some various seeds
This man is quite of rare.