Waking From a Catnap

Gently, 
the maple's 
veined hydra of a
tounge stretches out 
in fall to taste the midday 
mist, to sate its chronic thirst.
How like a baby in its mother's arms
is this rough-grained senior clothed in bark.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 12/12/2009 9:20:00 PM
Enjoyed this! I do not think I have ever seen this form before! As for you comment - let's hope for the best - but not be too much like Pangloss whom I think was a character of Voltaire. Peace & Blesssings Matthew Anish
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Date: 11/1/2009 1:00:00 PM
sigh..full of life and death and the longing for continuance! Light & Love
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Date: 10/28/2009 12:26:00 PM
Fantastic fibonacci, Geoffery! This is rich in texture and imagery. Hugs, Donna
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Date: 10/17/2009 7:34:00 AM
VERY SOFT A SMOOTH POEM! LOVE IT
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Date: 10/15/2009 2:19:00 PM
Love the metaphoric use in this work. It is very descriptive also. Keep writing. Sara
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Date: 10/15/2009 1:13:00 PM
This is excellence in poetry...a perfect fibonacci poem, you are a gifted writer of comparisons in verse ~ Carrie
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