Rainforest

• Daina Holder, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2008

Rainforest

Trees, giant umbrellas, sheltering us from the sun’s warmth

The atmosphere of small dark cave, dank, dark and misty

Mud is like slimey, soft goo, oozing and walloping along the ground

Wildlife, sharp needles, piercing and watching one’s every move

Eagles are royal kings, reigning over the sky

Water crashing on rocks, tumbling down the waterfall

Monkeys, just like bouncing balls, jumping from tree to tree

Jaguars, speeding bullets, darting from one place to another

Snakes are slithering, sneaky thieves, slippery, sly and cunning

Roots of fearsome monsters, sprawling their hands under one’s feet

Birds with deafening sirens, echoing through the trees

Frogs, floating balloons with their mouths puffing in and out

Colourful plant life in a leprechaun’s land, shades of green

Water droplets clinging like squishy caterpillars, sticking moistly to leaves

A Rainforest, like a flowing creek, a calm and peaceful place on earth

By Daina Holder