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Cycle of Life

Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander

There is a mushroom at a tree
Here I show you, can you see?
It is yellow like sulfur
And insects it will lure
To lay their eggs in save
Protected like in a cave
For the babies to hatch
With their parents they match
New generations of that fly
Just to lay eggs and die
And the fungi will grow
Here see, I can show
Every year a little bit
It might grow bigger than the lid
Of the garbage can
When it falls, I will ran
To pick it up and see
How much it ate from the tree.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

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Scheme AABCDDEEFFGGHIJJAA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 451
Words 101
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
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Heidrun Kordholste-Nikander

I was born in Germany in 1960. I lived in Germany, Finland, and California and have visited many European countries. I currently live in Germany, but I would like to return to the US. I started writing poems in California inspired by the beautiful nature. I have a master degree in forestry and North American Studies. I write scientific books about nature and environmental history, but also short stories and poems. more…

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