A Forest in Flames
- Casey Bolls
- Mar 7
- 1 min read
Original Completion Date: March 7, 2019
This is the third poem I wrote in my Spring 2019 poetry class. This type of poem is called a couplet, which means there are two lines in each stanza. I was assigned this type of poem in February, and in March, we each had to pick one of our poems to revise. I chose to revise A Forest in Flames because I felt like this was the easiest poem for me to make changes to at the time.
I was inspired to write a poem based on the wildfires in California that had been going on at the time. It explores the devastation and tragedy that comes from such a disaster, but it also has a symbol of hope at the very end. This is also the first time I attempt to rhyme in my poems. I actually find it difficult to rhyme, but my professor showed us a rhyming dictionary online, and that helped me come up with both regular rhymes and "slant" rhymes (words that sounds similar but don't rhyme exactly).
I like nature and appreciate its beauty, and I believe that natural settings must be preserved for future generations.
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