Best Maple Poems

I see you there in forest deep
When the world is still asleep
You ...the defiant one
With your hardened backside 
Turned to me

And I ... hearing through frozen ears
The cracking whispers that you speak
Before you fall in utter silence
The last leaf of autumn
At my feet...

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Maple in red wears her mantle with ease,
Ravishing crown with geranium sheen.
Teasingly tossing her mane in the breeze,
Spring until autumn she's dressed like a queen!

Ravishing crown with geranium sheen,
Swishing in whispering florid attire,
Spring until autumn she's dressed like a queen,
Sunlight does kiss scarlet petals afire.
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Too long since smooth sapling skin
bent supple with the slightest breeze;
now stretched, fissured and furrowed -
bored, burned and bent - 
sliced, scarred and carved, yet
I have lived wonderfully and fully.

Old limbs that once swung
a laughing child and sheltered
more than one forbidden kiss;
the only witness to...

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There is a field that we all know
That passed a torch where Soldiers go
Those that fell fought to the end
From that field they did ascend

To look upon the light relay
That made us free free this day
Rest in peace we do remember 
This is done eleven...

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Our flag makes us proud no matter where we roam
Proud as beavers about this great land called home
A maple leaf is our symbol
An image so simple
Yet so meaningful in the hearts of all us gnomes...

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What do people see,
When looking at a maple tree?
Could be soft green leaves in June;
Maybe it’s shade on a July afternoon.
Perchance a golden kitchen table;
Or a hardwood floor, strong and stable.
Perhaps it’s sap for maple syrup.
Some might see a tree to climb up.
Images of dazzling...

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That lonely maple tree on the mighty green hill,
still hides my secret letters and beloved quill,
Oh the jubilant friend I'd found on a summer day,
it embraced me with lush branches on heaps of hay.

My hushed fears siphoned by soothing hums of breeze,
forlorn desires weaved into...

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Dear Maple Tree


Dear maple tree, a sapling fifty years ago,
   you, one of three, stood guardian in summer's glow
to shelter our front yard with limbs and shady leaves,
   while we matured, you did so too, to serve and please.

But now, dear...

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Mixed warm, cool days moisture
Maple leaves transform from
Midsummer's green to red
Make fall's crown, or golden
Maidenhead "Goldie Locks" 
Magnificent leaves twirl
Magnify gold on the lawn     ...

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Thursday, March the 5th of the year 2015
Another hockey battle comes along the way
It's a hockey night across the bay
And for the fans, it's a night of pride and respect

Thursday night with the blue and white
Trying to play for their season pride
Thursday night with the...

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Those maple donuts
Surely will by my ruin.
Lack of self control....

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I awake from winters slumber
As my sap begins to flow
My buds will shortly sprout
While my limbs begin to grow

I watch the many animals
That start to come around
To some I am a gym
While others lay quite sound

The birds will make their nest
In my many boughs
The weave...

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Blätter des Ahorn
Fallen auf taufrisches Gras
In hebstlichem Gelb

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The leaves of maple
Are falling on dewy grass
In autumnal yellow

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Las hojas de arce
Caen en hierba de rocío
En otoñal amarillo...

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At peace with the outdoors,
Where life's creatures roam
Within nature,  I am at home.
The North East is where I grew.
My roots I barely knew.
As the seasons drift,
I accommodate the shift;
Embracing them all.
Feeling most alive during fall;
A time bright colors enthrall.
The wind touches me like an...

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“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood….”

Robert,
You let the split remain unresolved,
and while we stand in awe,
staring at your crossroads
etched in gold and shadow,
do you ever wonder
what lay beyond the path
you did not take?
Even though you say,
“I took the one less travelled by,
And that has...

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