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 * //Drumbeat//**

Listen....... There!Do you not hear them? Come away from your overcrowded city To a place of eagles And then perhaps you will hear. Be still this once; Hold the yammering of your jackhammer tongue. Take your stainless steel hands From the ears of your heart And listen. Or have you forgotten how? They are there yet Through these hindred centuries And all your metal thunder Has not silenced them. The wind is a messanger, Heed the whispering spirit. Now....the drums will talk, From the grizzly bear hills, Across the antelope plains, In the veins of your blood: The heartbeat Of the Mother Earth.


 * Carol Snow**

1. My interpretation of the poem is people need to slow down and come away from their cities and technology to listen to nature. They need to remember how to hear things outside of their cities and towns.

2. Yes, I can identify a metaphor. In line 17, it says "The wind is a messanger." There are also two hyperboles in my peom. The first one, on lines 7-8, says "Hold the yammering Of your jackhammer tongue." The second one is on line 9, it says "Take your stainless steel hands" There is also an example personification on lines 23 and 24, it says "The Heartbeat Of Mother Earth

3. My poem is written in a free verse form. It has multiple lines (24) and none of them ryme. Its not shaped like what it's talking about and it has no color to it.

4. The mood of my poem is calm and relaxing. Its trying to tell you to slow down, take a breath, and listen.

5. I chose this poem because I liked how Carol Snow explained how Mother Earth is alive with all of the animals on earth, the wind, hills, and her heartbeat. 6. I chose this picture because if you really pull away from the busy cities and listen and forget about everything else, you can hear the sounds of nature, even the little sounds of birds chirping, bugs buzzing, sticks crunching, and leaves rustling in the wind.

7. The Author of my poem is Carol Snow. Carol is also a writter, she currently lives in San Fransico, CA.