Best Elm Tree Poems
Under the Old Elm TreeSitting under the old elm tree with
his sweet heart many a year ago,
her hazel eyes looking at him
with tears flowing down her
beautiful tender face.
War had come and he must
do his duty, he told her
that dreadful day in
June of 1917.
Don't go, please stay,
I can't bear...
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Categories:
elm tree, imagination, loveold, old,
Form:
Free verse
Thoughts of An Old Elm TreeThoughts of an Old Elm Tree
I am tired, oh, so tired,
My dried brown leaves are falling,
I am losing my looks before my time,
In the hot dry unnatural heat’s
Appalling late summertime, and so
I dream of last year’s emerald lush,
Of intermittent sweet raindrops,
Even fall’s first cold blush,...
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Categories:
elm tree, metaphor,
Form:
Personification
Thoughts of An Old October Elm TreeThoughts of an Old October Elm Tree
My browning leaves decry
My farewell to Mrs. Summer and her plush;
With her desperate gasping push
Against cold and coming days.
When Ms. Spring thrust her first rose bud,
Putting to bed Old Man Winter’s last blow, then
I wondered would I see her...
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Categories:
elm tree, age, metaphor,
Form:
Personification
Elm Tree HaikuElm Tree Haiku
rotting elm
diseased of beetle-
left to die
Written 28.4.18...
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Categories:
elm tree, death, england, sad, tree,
Form:
Haiku
Elm TreeI told the elm it was called ELM, and it was grateful,
for it always wondered what its name could be.
I told the elm I liked it stately,
and in reply it waved a branch to me.
It watched me as I skirted round it
in long skirts I...
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Categories:
elm tree, nature, nice, tree,
Form:
Personification
Elm Tree In the Windher elm leaves float up
a little side to side dance
honoring the wind...
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Categories:
elm tree, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form:
Haiku