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Weeping Willow

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She stands beaten and bent, all exhausted and spent. And like Medusa's locks, Her coiffure awes and shocks. Her branches lash and sweep, strumming songs in Her sleep. And mimicking the birds, the wind whistles the words. She sheds raindrops like tears, stifling the children's cheers. For like the fickle sun, Her tears ruin their fun. Flailing branches of green, She's a sight to be seen. Swaying with every breeze, She's unlike other trees.

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Line Gauthier

Date: 5/26/2018 7:10:00 PM

A fun description, Emile.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/27/2017 5:25:00 PM

Lovely, Emile! Congrats!

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/27/2017 5:32:00 PM

Thanks so much Kim, I appreciate your comments and support my friend, Emile.

Heidi Sands

Date: 5/26/2017 10:35:00 AM

Congratulations Emile :)

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/26/2017 3:46:00 PM

Thanks Heidi, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.

Dean Wood

Date: 5/25/2017 11:07:00 PM

I always look for your poems in the contests Emile. Enjoyed this a lot. - Dean

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/26/2017 8:34:00 AM

Thank you so much Dean, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.

Anne-Marie Coreggia

Date: 5/16/2017 1:11:00 PM

Reading this beautiful poem was such a treat. This is a tree that brings back childhood memories as I spent many hours as a kid playing under the dense foliage of a weeping willow:) Amitiés

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/16/2017 2:49:00 PM

Thanks Anne-Marie, your comments have brightened my day, Emile.

Jan Allison

Date: 5/15/2017 9:27:00 AM

You describe the weeping willow so vividly Emile I love the personification:-) good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/15/2017 9:41:00 AM

Thanks Jan, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 5/14/2017 8:53:00 AM

Wonderful write Emile.

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/14/2017 9:30:00 AM

Thanks Maureen, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

Laura Leiser

Date: 5/13/2017 6:12:00 PM

Your expressions of the weeping willow are sublime, Emile! This should do very well in the contest...excellent 7+

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/13/2017 8:12:00 PM

Thanks Laura, your comments have brightened my day, Emile.

Lenna Walker

Date: 5/13/2017 2:56:00 PM

Very beautiful Emile. I really enjoyed this :) It also reminded me - I had a gorgeous weeping willow in my yard at one time, I grew it from a sapling for 15 years - but a solitary twister that went ONLY through my yard, ripped it in two and took it down forever. Even stranger, nothing else in the area was even slightly damaged, (that tree grew right by house and driveway), but those halves of that tree fell in two directions, but never touched my home or my car as they fell with only inches to spare. Blessings...

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/13/2017 4:56:00 PM

Thanks so much Lenna, for sharing that story with us. I appreciate both your comments and support my friend, Emile.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/13/2017 2:55:00 PM

- A unique tree, I do not think I've seen it before - Beautifully written, Emile :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Emile Pinet
Date: 5/13/2017 4:58:00 PM

Thanks Anne-Lise, it is one of my favorite trees, I remember growing up with one... I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.