The Tree

Sprawled across the track
it lay like some stranded whale,
the dead tree,
centuries old, finally fallen.

No more summer breeze or winter winds,
Just so much wood to be dismembered,
gross, dead, silent and rotten.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 9/30/2011 6:25:00 PM
Yes, this one touched me...Enjoyed..Congrats..Sara
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Date: 9/30/2011 3:58:00 PM
Very nicely potrayed picture of the falling tree here.Congrats Barbara on your win.
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Date: 9/30/2011 11:35:00 AM
Congrats Barbara on your first place win with these brilliant beauty words luv...enjoy..
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Date: 9/30/2011 9:57:00 AM
Good morning and congratulations on your 1st Place win in Brian's "Verse" contest Barbara. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/19/2009 5:50:00 AM
PROFOUND IMAGES EVOKING MUCH THOUGHT AND EMOTIONS IN THE READERS MIND. CONGRATULATIONS! ON YOUR WELL DESERVED WIN, BARBARA. LOVE, LAINIE
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Date: 10/15/2009 12:48:00 PM
Barbara, congratulations on having your poem selected as one of the winner in the Poetry Soup contest. Way to go! Enjoy your honor. Karen
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Date: 10/14/2009 11:31:00 AM
Many congratulations in this 2009 contest, well done >> James
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Date: 10/14/2009 4:03:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in the June,2009 contest sponsored by PoetrySoup Barbara. Love,Carol
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Date: 10/13/2009 10:28:00 PM
Congratulations on your poem. Great work and well deserved. Catch you up the trail ~<><
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Date: 10/13/2009 8:16:00 PM
Barbara congratulations on placing in the finals! Gives a new meaning to the phrase "how the mighty have fallen."
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Date: 10/13/2009 7:38:00 PM
Barbara, Congratulations on your poem winning in the finals!! So happy for you. Love Light Truth Patricia
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Date: 9/29/2009 11:49:00 AM
Barbara, congratulations on making the first round of the contest...Raul
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Date: 9/29/2009 8:46:00 AM
Hi Barbara Wow! Awesome Pastoral. You understand the woodland forest so well. I honor that. Thanks for your comments and your invite to read this. I'm sooooo glad I did! Look forward to reading more of your lovely poetry hun. Take care Love Light Truth Patricia Oh, you know I think you would really like "The Blossom Tree" I wrote it some time agao but....smile.Congrats making semi-finals!!!
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Date: 9/25/2009 1:58:00 PM
Interesting perspective. Congratulations on making it through the first round in the contest. Good luck in the finals! Karen
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Date: 9/24/2009 12:16:00 PM
Good work, congrats on making it through...BG
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Date: 9/24/2009 11:49:00 AM
Barbara, congratulations in getting past round one of the competition, good luck with your lovely poem >> James
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Date: 9/24/2009 10:07:00 AM
Congratulations on your poem making it through the first round.Wishing you the best in the finals. Love, Carol
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Date: 9/22/2009 7:41:00 PM
Barbara, congrats on your feature this week...Raul
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Date: 9/22/2009 2:54:00 PM
Congratulations on getting your poem featured!
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Date: 9/22/2009 10:29:00 AM
Awesome write here, Barbara. Some Native Americans call Trees, Standing People ... and like them we will all have our demise as your last line in this wonderful write suggests ... smile ... excellent selection to be a feature this week at PoetrySoup! Congratulations!
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Date: 9/22/2009 6:24:00 AM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week Barbara, nice write>>James
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Date: 9/21/2009 4:41:00 PM
Congratulations on your featured poem! Laura :)
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Date: 9/21/2009 12:21:00 PM
congrats on your poem being feagtured this week, it is moving.
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Date: 9/21/2009 6:32:00 AM
Congrats on your poetry being featured this week… please keep writing… great you Barbara! Adeleke
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Date: 9/21/2009 3:15:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Barbara. Love, Carol
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