Andrea Dietrich Poet Imagism

My Three Lovely Trees

Each spring when winter has trudged away,
I love to drive up to my house and see my trees in bloom.
The ornamental pear tree, so tall and dignified,
is like a bride in a gown adorned with white florets.
The ornamental plum tree stands stately too nearby, 
her limbs bejeweled in a myriad of amethysts.
Behind them both, the cherry willow greets me
with leafy swaying arms arrayed in petals pink.
While her lower half hangs low, the top half of this tree
reaches for the sky wearing charms of white like snow!

March 7, 2022
For Form I - Imagism - New Poem Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France
March 23, 2022 for 'A BRIAN STRAND 1095' Poetry Contest

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Suzanne Delaney March 26, 2022 at 8:46 AM You paint a magical picture of your trees in bloom, Andrea: Congrats on another win. Love, SuZ

Christuraj Alex March 25, 2022 at 9:22 PM Loved enjoying your trees. Beautiful garden-picture. Congratulations!

Howard Kerr March 25, 2022 at 2:32 AM Hi Andrea, Congratulations on your win with this peerless poem. It sparkles with imagery and optimism Best wishes Howard

Constance La France March 19, 2022 at 8:25 AM Andrea, congratulations on your win in my Imagism contest with your wonderful poem full of imagery ~Constance

Sotto Poet March 18, 2022 at 11:23 AM Congratulations on your contest win with this well-deserved writing, Andrea. I hope you doing well my friend.

Lindsay Laurie March 14, 2022 at 6:08 PM Hello Andrea ... some trees almost become members of the family and whether it be blooms or fruit, they are beautiful - thank you Andrea - Lindsay

Caren Krutsinger March 14, 2022 at 10:36 AM The pear tree sounds marvelous "like a bride in a gown adorned with white florets." I had one, but it could not survive Kansas winters.

Valsa George March 11, 2022 at 8:23 PM I am sure your house has all sorts of fruit trees .... the pear, plum and cherry .... all so lovely when in flower ! Your poem also is as lovely as a tree, Andrea !

Malabika Ray Choudhury March 10, 2022 at 5:01 PM Beautiful descriptive piece, Dear Andrea - perfect example of imagism. Love ~ Mala

Sara Kendrick March 10, 2022 at 9:58 AM I enjoyed reading this descriptive, creative and expressive work for the contest. Way to go. It reads like a good contender to me. Thanks for your visits to my page. Sara

Mike Bayles March 9, 2022 at 8:17 PM beautiful imagery, beautiful poem, Andrea.

Bill Baker March 9, 2022 at 5:23 PM Excellent imagery, what a beautiful entrance to your home. Good luck in the contest. Have a love-filled day, Bill

Geoffrey Brewer March 8, 2022 at 5:26 PM Lovely uplifting imagery that is particularly welcome in dark days!

Debra L Brown March 8, 2022 at 5:07 PM Andrea, I enjoyed your poem. I like how you compared the "pear tree to a bride in a gown". great visuals. Blessings ~ Debra

Faye Gibson March 8, 2022 at 10:56 AM Trees are just the most captivating beauties and you painted yours so well. I love tree trunks and the form of trees, as well as their leaf shapes and structures. I will look for you on the winners' list. Andrea Dietrich March 8, 2022 at 12:42 PM Yes, they are wonderful for us for our oxygen, and they are almost like humans in some ways!! I just love yards with wonderful trees.

Rico Leffanta March 8, 2022 at 10:50 AM You must be a Christian with only three instead of four beautiful trees . . . . Enjoyed! Andrea Dietrich March 8, 2022 at 12:41 PM I was raised Christian but don't consider myself a very good one since I stopped attending church I do not like organized religions, but I believe very much in God! Andrea Dietrich March 8, 2022 at 12:40 PM Actually in total we planted three in back and three in front. One very interesting one in the front was crowding the other trees, so we had to remove it. I used my pretty willow from the back to portray the third tree and imagined it in the front yard. All told, we now have five trees and that's my lucky number!! I planted a walnut tree six years ago but it refused to ever grow, so that one we took down too

Ann Peck March 8, 2022 at 8:53 AM So beautiful, as always. We need to invent new words to describe your poetry:) Now, I'm going to google"cherry willow" to see if they will grow here. Good luck in the contest! P.S. Your yard sounds lovely. :) Andrea Dietrich March 8, 2022 at 1:41 PM did you find cherry willow? I hope I gave it right name. My cherry willow must have been mixed with another species of tree because year after year it became less a willow until today it is almost all white in April and not hanging down with pink blossoms. So weird.

Jack Horne March 8, 2022 at 7:23 AM love this - I wasn't sure what this form entailed (for Constance's contest) so may have a go now. Yours is a sure winner, my friend x Andrea Dietrich March 8, 2022 at 1:42 PM yes, do it. I just visited a few examples, such as one I saw of Dear heart's.

Joanna Daniel March 8, 2022 at 1:00 AM Great imagery, Andrea:) I had to use imagination for my entry:)

Eve Roper March 7, 2022 at 8:38 PM Wonderful imagery, "wearing charms of white, like snow"