Why must it be so?

Pretty garden spider

Like Blakeâ€™s Tyger

The same old tale

On a smaller scale

Why must it be so?

Wherever you go

Every creatureâ€™s feature

Hunter/hunted in Nature

Blood and gore

For ever more

From the start

Until death do us part

Why must it be so?

Couldnâ€™t humans show

Some brilliant ingenuity

Do away with this iniquity?

For everyone milk and honey

Every being as meek as a bunny

Wouldnâ€™t that be nice?

Just as in Paradise

I can hear your icy sneers

Like hailstorm in my ears

That is life, thatâ€™s the go

You should know it must be so!Â

Â© irina dimitric

Our poetry device of the week is...The Simile! The simile compares one thing to another, like the metaphor, but the simile draws a resemblance, whereas the metaphor proposes a more direct relationship--an equality, or a substitution, you might say. The metaphor is the stronger of the two types of comparison. Rule of thumb: if it uses the words like or as, it's a simile, if not, it's a metaphor. Similes can also use "resembles" and similar words, as well as formulations like "as [adjective] as" e.g. "as smooth as silk."

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JOHN BECK Apr 27, 2012, 7:09am UTC

Well done, and food for thought.

Irina Dimitric Apr 28, 2012, 1:32am UTC

Thank you so much, John.

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Diane Huizenga Apr 27, 2012, 8:09am UTC

wonderful

Diane Huizenga Apr 27, 2012, 8:15am UTC

Thanks for sharing with Surreal Circus

ʚϊɞ Carol ʚϊɞ Apr 27, 2012, 4:09pm UTC

Featured.

Irina Dimitric Apr 28, 2012, 1:33am UTC

Thank you, Diane.

Thank you so much for the feature, Carol

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Richard Thuss Apr 27, 2012, 8:18am UTC

This poem is beautiful

Irina Dimitric Apr 28, 2012, 1:34am UTC

Thank you so much, Richard.

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Cynthia C. Apr 27, 2012, 8:53am UTC

Thank you so much for sharing with Sadies Points

Irina Dimitric Apr 28, 2012, 1:34am UTC

My pleasure.

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Len Maxwell Apr 27, 2012, 12:29pm UTC

Very well done.

Thanks for posting to the Simile Wall on The Triple Name Club where it's now featured.

Irina Dimitric Apr 28, 2012, 1:35am UTC

Thank you so much, Len.

Special thanks for the feature.

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Ann Marcaida Apr 27, 2012, 1:23pm UTC

Baautiful sentiments, Irina! I think that perhaps Heaven/Nirvana are places where Darwinism doesn't rule.

Thanks for sharing with Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists. Featured.

Irina Dimitric Apr 28, 2012, 1:43am UTC

One has to accept the reality of our universe. My departed father came to me in a dream and with a beaming smile said to me: "I'm fine here." Since then I've felt at peace with what comes after this life.

Thank you so much for the feature, Ann.

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Doug Westberg Apr 27, 2012, 9:13pm UTC

Beautiful poem! Not just a simile, but a literary allusion to boot! And good job of making your case (poetically)! Thanks for playing!

Irina Dimitric Apr 28, 2012, 1:55am UTC

I'm so glad you like this poem, Doug. Whenever I despair over the way certain things are in Nature, I recite William Blake's Tyger, and I feel better.

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