Old Mistersilent oak tree sentinel guards my yard
I call him Old Mister
he drops acorns that try to grow new oak trees
they land in a cinder piles, planting themselves
In a few weeks tiny oak leaves form.
If you gently pull them out of the cinders
You will see a tiny oak tree growing out of an acorn.
I pulled twenty...
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Free verse
honeysuckle treehoneysuckle tree
blossoms rain on summers day
yellow parachutes
she grows renegade
her offshoots grow wild too
commandeer the yard...
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Senryu
Blue Willow TreeShe stood beneath the spreading tree
and looked out far, across the sea
with wide eyes wonder , to the sky,
and softly wished to ask him why
her love that had to go so far,
across the waters, to a War
but just returned , was dancing rain,
that seemed to cry and say his name
and look, a...
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Categories:
tree, imagination, poetry, summer,
Form: Rhyme
Matsuo Basho: English translations 3Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about birds, flowers, candles, life, death.
Naptime!
But my drowsiness is nixed
by busybody warblers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch
Carolers:
the sparrows smile
at their warbling.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch
Giving thanks to the flowers
for brightening my visit:
farewell.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch
Melancholy nub!
The bamboo bud’s
sad end.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael...
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Categories:
tree, bird, culture, death, flower,
Form: Haiku
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Summer 2Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, trees, firefly, fireflies, cuckoos, rice fields, rice paddies, bush-clover, Iris, Irises, temple, temples, Japanese culture, light, daylight, lit, boat, boats.
Fireflies
turn our trees
into well-lit lodges.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
A noontime firefly,
dim by daylight,
hides behind a pillar.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Firefly watching,
the tipsy boatman
rocks the...
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Categories:
tree, boat, culture, light, summer,
Form: Haiku
Matsuo Basho: English translations of Haiku about Spring 2Matsuo Basho English Translations of haiku about spring, birds, bats, butterflies, flowers, sun, cherry.
Seeing them naked
almost makes me caress
the wanton flowers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch
As temple bells fade
flowers strike their fragrance
into the silence.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch
The bat also emerges
into the birds’
world of flowers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch
When planting,
please...
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Categories:
tree, bird, butterfly, culture, earth,
Form: Haiku
Murder Beneath a Singing Tree
Bejeweled flyers
chatting away merrily
singing harmony to a silent sentient God
Maybe they're trapped in indigo agony
shaking our toxins from their beaks.
What do they think of the awkward rock
beneath them...
Maybe they're conspiring
to murder me.
...
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Categories:
tree, nature,
Form: Rhyme
my overgrown lilac treemy lilac tree did not know she was a bush
within ten years she flourished with a swoosh
she outgrew every tree except the oak giant
lilac tree is a hundred foot tall, shade very reliant....
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Rhyme
A Giving Tree
Categories:
tree,
Form: Haiku
Nature Speaks To My SoulI stand alone in natures beauty,
in the woods by a trickling stream.
I feel the presence of my destiny,
as a repetitive eternal dream.
I hear the gurgling of water,
as it follows its chosen way,
No worries of tomorrow,
as it just flows towards the bay.
My mind says, relax you’re never alone,
the beauty of nature is all around.
A fallen...
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Categories:
tree, introspection, nature, silence, solitude,
Form: Rhyme
jealous of a treethe moon sparkled with a magic the world had not seen
spring blossoms on trees were dazzling in her happy sheen
tiny purple violets on the ground felt dowdy in compare
a mystical sense of entitlement was in the evening air
grasses reassured the tiny flowers they were beautiful too
especially, they told them, when you open up with dew
lavender...
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Rhyme
Soldier of the Forestthe evergreen casts a full shadow, a grayscale vision
she has served as camouflage for raccoons, mice, and snakes
a soldier of the forest, standing against the north winds
showing the woods what a true patriot looks like
animals depend on her confidentiality, security and discretion....
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Free verse
Should I Associate Hope To Only Dead TreeForever is a giant ground,
Where buried roots live in hope.
Though, dead in earth and weak beyond
The realistic of growth scientifically.
Unless been uprooted and cast in fire,
It remains a new seed to sprout new desires.
Studies often wonder how each get to cope--
The threat of call, hope yield basically.
But men are death bound;
For...
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Categories:
tree, anxiety, art, crazy, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Forests of Green Coniferous TreesForests of Green Coniferous Trees
Forests of evergreen conifers
(Fir, spruce, cedar, pine, and hemlock trees)
Keep their colour throughout the seasons
And don’t shed foliage in autumn.
Rooted in soil and basking in sunlight,
They grow on hillsides and in valleys,
Encircling rock outcrops, swamps, and leas,
And near rivers and lakes, and on islands.
These hearty trees endure nature’s throes
Of cold, harsh,...
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Categories:
nature, tree,
Form: Verse
El Arbol del TuleEl Árbol del Tule, what a legendary tree!
More than two thousands years is her age, history!
The ancient Giant tree El Árbol del Tule so cool!...
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Sijo
Specific Types of Tree Poems
Read wonderful tree poetry on the following sub-topics:
beautiful, christmas, family, haiku, house, life, memorial, oak, personification, planting, rhyme, roots, shape, willow,
and more.
Definition | What is Tree in Poetry?
Poems Related to Tree
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