Rocking Power, Beaming Power!

By Rhiannonw

Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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8 comments
 

Rocking and swaying, pounding tree tops –
powerful wind, whose blast nothing stops.
Sometimes its force can make the bough crack
– energy free to try to entrap?    

Whirling wind turbine, spin on the pole
giving us fuel that’s cleaner than coal,
when the wind blows, the current can flow
making electric appliances go.

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Roof panels fixed so southward they face
harvesting sunshine beaming through space,
when the sun shines, the current can flow
making electric appliances go.

[IP: when the wind blows ] … with apologies for inspiration from ‘Rock-a-bye baby’

 

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Comments

Submitted by airyfairy on

Yes, if the world really put its mind to renewable energy...  Liked the energy and rhythm in this, Rhiannon.  

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, a bit of fun as the IP phrase brought the nursery rhyme to mind, and so … on to the harvesting. Fossil fuels are still very useful to us! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Nice one Rhiannon, great idea for the I P.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny. Bit of fun! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by hilary west on

Hi Rhiannon,

I could feel the wind's blast in this poem. I am all for renewables, especially wind. I can see the turbines from my back door. I don't think they are a blot on the landscape. Is that a typo ? - who's for whose ? second line.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, HIlary. No, I don't think they are a blot on the landscape. Can be a bit noisy if large and very near your house I expect. Thanks, yes, that's a typo. I should have passed it by my husband who has very sharp eyes for typos and grammar mistakes, because of his work typesetting! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

How different from Rockabybaby, I'd never have guessed it had the same rhythm! Yet both are set in tree tops.

I love the smooth speediness of this! "Whirling wind turbine, spin on the pole"

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Di. It was the IP set phrase 'When the wind blows' that brought the rhyme to mind! Rhiannon