The bell rings
could it be from a church?
The bell rings
Could it be from a school?
the children sing..
The bell rings
Could it be a knell?
the death sings.
The bell rings
not from the church
not from the temple.
The bell rings incessantly
not an alarm
not a phone .
The bell rings with great sound
neither from the fire brigade
nor from the city tower.
The bell rings violently
it being a call
it being a siren.
The bell chimes vehemently
warning everyone to hide
hurrying all to go underground.
The bell’s sound
takes various cues
whilst this rings fear.
Early in the morning there was a sound.
It was not the cock a doodle do.
It was not the clock’s ding-dong.
It was not the baby’s shrill cry.
It was not the bird’s sweet call.
It was not the mother’s shout.
It was not the father’s retort.
It was not the boy’s grumbling.
It was not the paper boy’s cycle bell.
It was not the milkman’s loud alarm.
It was not the whistling tea-pot.
It was not the hissing shower.
It was, it was, a snore.
Emanating from grand pa.
The school bell rang for the day,
The children scrambled fast in a gay,
They packed their bags in a fray,
Then ran out of the campus like a ray,
The movement resembled a lively dash out.
The curtains came down on the stage,
The play was about the medieval age,
The enactment was of an eloquent engage,
There was a loud ovation of a great range,
The dispersal reflected a pleasant dash out.
There was an agitation in the town,
The agitators shouted in a high tone,
It was a protest distinctively shown,
The Police dispersed them with a firm foot down,
The confusion led to a ghastly dash out.
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A sudden fire broke out in a high raised building,
The red tongs blew fiercely unyielding,
The inmates scuttled up and down wailing,
The fire fighters were desperately struggling,
The precipitated race was a panic dash out.
Dash outs are both pleasant and hurried,
They pronounce an acceleration scurried,
They are fast momentum unusually levied,
Expressing at times a cheer of high breed,
Extending mostly a fear of tensed creed.
After a few moments it bellowed,
A little later it shrieked aloud,
It was absolutely bold.
Bells in the fire engine rang rapidly
After a few seconds they clattered frequently,
A short while after they started off incessantly,
They were entirely alarming irreversibly.
Bells in the school struck boldly,
A period after they hummed softly,
A break was announced distinctively,
They were reminiscent of a pause regularly.
Bells in the church ring to call a communion,
Most times they greet the congregation,
Every time they remind the resurrection,
They are a graceful voice of the incarnation.
The chiming of christmas bells bring cheer,
The ringing of bells recapture memories dear,
The musical bells elucidate tunes melodious to hear,
Bells do also have rhymes and cadence remarkable to care.