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Weeping Ash Song

Weeping Ash Song
My dancing leaves eddy and swirl
And my elegant arms unfurl.

Come under my dark canopy
In the storm’s hidden harmony.

The laughter of children resound,
Echoes lost in the coming cloud.

Come where the still air is cool
And contorted branches whirlpool
The shadows and rocky darkness,
Where souls are freed from despondence.

A strange kind of rich fruit I bear,
Ripening all who seek and dare.

Twisted in agonised peace
And calm, I could your soul release.

Come nest in that knotted branch,
Where all your hope and despair dance.
Leaves curl, twirl and wave gracefully,
Sirens singing enticingly.

A suspended apple, hardened
By winter winds and icy hail.
A sweet fruit saved or earthwards hurled?
Seduced or eternally hurt?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Smith Avatar
April 11, 2017 at 11:42 AM
Trees offer endless metaphorical opportunities. You've captured many, well done Brian. I enjoyed Your other Weeping Ash poem as well...
Duffield Avatar
April 11, 2017 at 11:50 AM
Thank you.. Just trying a different style here with couplets and short 8 syllable lines. Trying to use images that are rich in association rather be too explicit. We actually had a weeping ash in our garden...a good stimulus!
Capitano Avatar
April 11, 2017 at 7:29 AM
Lovely metaphors brian, sad but enticing.
Duffield Avatar
April 11, 2017 at 7:45 AM
Thank you Experiment in with forms...and allusion
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