David Chadwick

A poem for the month - July

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Whispers

Elephants sometimes talk to each other

with low rumbles – so low they are inaudible

to the human ear

 

Whales communicate across vast expanses

of ocean – their cries travelling kilometres

beneath the waves

 

Trees send out a warning if they are attacked 

A message to the other trees – a silent alarm

spreading through the forest

 

Whispering that we never hear – “Beware, the humans are coming!”