Best Gnarled Poems

Through shadowed trails beneath the moon’s cold stare.
     Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace in my gut
     No slumber dreamt; no answer could I get.

Eurasian owl with orbs of liquid flame
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Gnarled tree rooted firm, fallen bark,
abundant earthen ground cradles.
Horned larks and thrushes beat their wings,
wavering within sun's gold rays.
Lace shade dance a hush call, seep by
a calm sigh and the incessant
babbling of an adjoining brook.
Delicious breeze, reviving kiss,
entice utter lull in veiled dream.
A world, a...

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In a forest grove, where shadows dance,
Stands a gnarled tree, a symbol of chance.
Its twisted branches reach towards the sky,
A source of inspiration, none can deny.

Through countless seasons, it stood the test,
Weathering storms, it never lost its zest.
With roots deep and strong, firmly it clings,
Teaching...

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a large old gnarled bench
by a much older gnarled tree
where the old men sit to dream
of happy boyhoods
love was foremost in their  minds
now keeping awake is hard

5-7-7-5-7-7...

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"People will forget what you said, forget what you did, 
but will never forget how you made them feel."   
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"Darkness may hide the trees and flowers from the eyes, but it cannot hide love from the soul." Rumi


gnarled, giant twisted roots
connect the family tree....
so much dysfunction
removed, rescued child
gnarled roots dangle hanging on....
before love showed way
an empty effect
deep within the soul that last....
until dawn cracked
a...

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Oh, worn and twisted, gnarled old tree-
such lovely art in you, I see.
Your huge limbs curve and intertwine
in rhythmic motion by design.

Your crooked, tortured, ragged stance
presents a vision to enhance
this sculptured beauty you amassed
by feat of nature, unsurpassed.

Rough-hewn, contorted, ragged, bent-
you stir an art of...

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i see gnarled old trees 
and remember scary films - -
a huge bear roars

for Charles’ No Contest contest...

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ancient tree
gnarled branches twisting-
bird songs drift



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April 28, 2018



Added after contest judged- May 2, 2018
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Poetry/haiku/gnarled branches 
Copyright Protected, ID 1017-710-01
All Rights Reserved.  Written Under Pseudonym.
Duplication Only With Permission.

Written for haiku contest, 
sponsor Mick Talbot

First Place...

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A debauchery seed into an arid soil was the start of you.
Although your roots spread deep and wide in this uninspiring
patch of earth.
The growth of your trunk is stunted by a loveless life.
The sap of you is diseased with obsession and narcissism.
Your thorny branches are...

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an old and gnarled tree....
sound of woodpecker pecking
sprinkling of wood dust...

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Babies and young saplings are silky smooth,
    adorned by curls and twirls, unfurled.
But age assails and weather beats brows
    to dry, and wrinkles the smooth with furrows and lines.
Twists and contortions compels, yields, and compliances
    reshapes...

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'pon gnarled bare oak limb
one silent mockingbird sits....
northward gaggle flies ...

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Strong sentinel on high
Beneath a mountain sky;
Called by name Bristlecone.
Twisted tree all alone
With green needles so dark 
Life clings stoic and stark.
Worn wood with thin bark edge
Locked to a limestone ledge. 
Thousands of years flowed past
‘Gainst snow and wind, a mast.
No sails with which to...

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Standing in a woodlot
A boneyard of fallen timbers
Lifeless they are

Warming sun on earth
Thick with bush
Bulging buds spring forth

Where violets grow
A stream - flowing low
Scarcity of winter snow

Painful to the eyes
Stands of willows gnarled
An artist records...

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