The Nose



The Nose, The Nose, oh The Nose
Tales lost and tales told
Secret treasures, hoard of gold
Drawing hunters near and far
To search and seek, scrape and scar

The Nose, it grows, oh it grows
Mountain reaching out up high
Long beyond the sunset sky
Caverned nostrils set below
Pathway for both friend and foe

The Nose, they chose, why they chose
Greedy acts of wicked men
Spade on shoulder, to the den
Pickaxe rose, and pickaxe fell
Magma drawn, and fearful yell

The Nose, it flows, forth it flows
Crimson mixed mustard yellow
Goo entrapped the bad fellow
Deep beneath the crust they scream
Forever lost in the stream

The Nose, it slows, blessed it slows
Lava cools to earth and stone
No one there left to atone
Water boils and forests burn
Nature hurt, but will return

The Nose, The Nose, oh The Nose
Yet more lost inside The Nose

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About this poem

I've had this idea bouncing around my head for a long time of a mountain that was also a nose. I've tried writing about it as a short story in a couple of different ways, but the idea didn't work to well. One morning I woke up after having a dream that reminded me of the Shel Silverstein poems my mom read to me when I was a young child so I tried to write a poem about it in a similar kind of vein.

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Written on May 31, 2021

Submitted by D.F.Rito on June 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abbcc addee affgg aeehh aiijj Aa xxa
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 927
Words 177
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 2, 4

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