Best Acorns Poems

Autumn aromas. 
Apple crisp, 
pumpkin spice,
cinnamon cider, 
Watch out, a spider!

Crisp air and cozy coming.
Chestnuts roasting,  
marshmallow toasting,
turkey roasting, host boasting.

Oak branches cover their little brown spinning beginnings.
Solid trees regal and strong,
two of them hold an owl’s song,
outdoors: orange, yellow, brown, 
fluttering 
down.

Raking.
Reading,
reflecting,
red delicious...

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Mighty Oak Tree, Its Acorns Fed Many
  (A Native American Food Source)

Hard-cast shell
flung down in Fall,
food for man and beast
nuggets of forested treasure,

Nature
sprinkles its bounty
majestic Oaks rain
fruited missiles to ground:

thy treasure feeds life itself
creatures survive on thy seeds
winter hoards feed many
fruit of thy life.

Regal...

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From Little acorns
One morning the little acorn opened up his eyes,
He looked down and all around in astonishment and surprise.
Ho felt the comforting branches rock back and forth and sway
He really liked this movement it comforted him on this his birthday.
As he looked down to...

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painted leaves abet
oak attacks: acorns,
   tripping me up as
illegal fires smoke
rotting pumpkins
under fake blue skies 
white sunshine
beating down
the cold...

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vivid reds and golds
  replace summer's verdant hues -
     squirrels seek acorns



9/20/16
For Laura Loo's Autumn Haiku contest...

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Acorns playing
hide n' seek with
Mr. Squirrel....

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cocoa brown acorns
wait patiently chortling...
whoops man down...

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Soon fall will start
Tall Oaks blow in chill winds
Dropping acorns
Food for woodland folk
As nights draw in
A long catnap awaits








4th place in 'Life without U & ME'...

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Nature is mystery 
       Providing all needed things  
               Reflections of God...

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The reign of acorns
Falling from the skies
From the skies
Dominating, dominating 
Ruining my life

But, not hers
As she dances upon them
Crushing, crushing
Smiling, smiling 
A youthful girl still in her mind

Thus, the reign of acorns
Ending, ending
Beneath her rule
And under winter's thumb
Of autumn's welcome demise...

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Bang!  The acorns fall
    Bouncing off things at a speed
            Rolling in the weeds

Heidi Sands

9/26/17...

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You are sad, ill-suited to the late autumn sun
Resting in a light blue sun as wisps of cloud
Are blown gently along, only just moving.
Wanting to reach out and touch you,
But afraid I will only make things worse - 
A speciality of mine I think, even...

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Aloft in mighty oaks
 Autumn signals their fall
 As eager squirrels wait
 Anticipating an
 Avalanche, nutty treats
 After which comes the feast
 Accommodating all...

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oak trees bountiful
acorns littering the ground
squirrels are busy
Grandpa watching from park bench
enjoying the fall harvest


11/1/13...

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ripe acorns falling
squirrels' lush verdant abode
sequestered clearing 

10th place
"Squirrel Haiku" Poetry Contest by Robert J Ligouri
2/22/22...

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