Tree Abc Poems

The Valley of the Forbidden

Sat under an oak in the valley of the naked woman
admiring her rounded breasts, a malevolent oak
took offence, not that I...

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The actor I knew

Mikael Elphick, a talented actor
 I admired
he liked to read my poems and said they were like stories
and therefore, easy to read...

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Cantata
He stood there on a plateau that only had a tree,
And since he had appeared from nowhere, there
Was there no past to bother with?
He sat...

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Misty Day
Glancing out of the window, I see the potted plant
 on the sill and the house on the other side of
 the road, the...

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poet at the factory

It had been a long day at the factory but
when there was a break, he jotted down a few words
and during the...

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A great day

Despite financial problems,
the May morning
was too beautiful to behold
the leaves on the tree on the Avenida
was deep green, the flowers 
planted around was red...

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After The Storm

 

Now that the spring tempest is over and the ground

is littered with twigs and juicy, green leaves flung

off mother tree long before they...

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After Rain
The audacious sun finally showed up, and green was
the winter landscape, I also saw the sun set just behind
the carob tree, where the almond...

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Trees, cars and Elon Musk 

The branches of trees on the avenue
 Was stretching upward this morning
To be a decorative tree is not easy
Standing still...

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Working class Poet
It had been a long day at the factory but
when there was a break, he jotted down a few words
and during the day,...

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No out

A man coming home from work saw a shadow 
 a figure leaning against a dead olive polishing 
his hoofs and sharpening his scythe.
The...

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In a lea, he saw a ripe, sagging mango fruitlet
Fruitlet, he decided to approach, touch and pick
Pick a fruitlet whose man he flouted

Flouted owner but...

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On an alive tree, leaves are fit
Fit for its sap is well running 
Running to nurse its branches and leaves

On an alive tree, leaves breathe...

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I dreamt of another day
Day when fathers halt whipping mothers
Mothers who bridge families

Families sitting together under a tree
A tree of togetherness and absolution
Absolution of a...

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Luke started his journey at the Red River Gum tree,
Near  the Waratah garden and the old sandstone path.
He crossed the Bay River, on a...

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