THE RAIN FOREST

From the floor into the sky,
The Forest has so much to catch your eye.
It’s beauty grand will overwhelm,
A magical enchanted realm.

Let’s start down low,
What lurks below?
The forest floor
With so much more.
From bark and sticks
(No doubt some ticks)
To leaves half decomposed,
It’s rich nutrients enclosed.
From jaguars to a tiny bug,
The forest floor makes the perfect rug.

Now moving up there’s the under-story,
Standing thick in all her glory.
This sprouts new life in seedling form,
For more unique life it creates a dorm.
Young trees, shrubs and vines,
More animals of different kinds.
Here insects, ants and butterflies
Share with geckos, birds and owls so wise.
Monkeys, bats and of course snakes,
A special ecosystem this sure makes.

The canopy is a leafy world.
Here you may find in a ball curled
The cutest sloth so fast asleep,
While monkeys on their way past leap.
So many birds in this do nest,
The canopy as their home is best.
Here they find both seeds and fruit,
And sing a song just like a flute.
This is the busiest layer you cannot deny.
Ninety percent choose here to occupy.

To venture up is now quite daring,
But here a few the sun are sharing.
It’s very high and a fall is feared,
The distance down is two hundred feet cleared.
This lovely layer of emergent trees
Shares with few it’s lovely breeze.

From bottom to top this forest lives.
So much to us it always gives.
How can man choose to cut it down?
To take away Earth’s beauty renown.
Is there the need to clear I plead?
Is life less important than man’s greed?
The plants and their inhabitants -
To us should be most prominent.
Can’t we learn to be cohabitants?
Man thinks that he is dominant.

Poem by Sourcherry
Photographs from Pixabay

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Beautifull poem dear keep it up.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

natures lover's so amazing poem and attractive pictures @sourcherry congrats you made great... you deserve appreciation...good luck

Nice poem you really painted the forest with your words. Keep on writing. I loved it.

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

Nicely chosen pictures and yeah, it's a great poem!

Brilliant poem, I love the way you describe how special and unique each creature is and how sad it is with what mankind is doing to it, all because of greed. Those photos really put you in the mood as well.

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it and that the photos were able to contribute to the feeling of the poem.

I felt like I was in the jungle.

Thank you. I tried to create an adventurous poem.

This poem is celebration of joy and nature! All animals are living in harmony, let's learn from them.

Namaste.

This is really really good and describes the rainforest well.

I love nature.
The poem and and photos are great too

Once upon a time all the earth was covered by trees and wild animals. Thanks for sharing!

That last stanza is brilliantly pointed

If those photos are originally yours, I would say you should pursue being a photographer than making poems. Too bad I say pixabay in the end.

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the beautiful pictures...

great pictures specially this one
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Great photos of nature. I loved it! Following you now

Amazing, I love nature and animals.