Best Maples Poems

Many are the maples that encircle my home, my nest, my dwelling abode,
And in the dark of night they tap on my frosty windows, crying;
Past their deathly stance, a wintry scene, 
Looking through their tangled limbs snow is falling, endlessly.
Everything in my world is icy...

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Montage of Autumn flows
Marked by minty trees ...lush!
Mauve-gold leaves whirl a dance
Melding shade for lovers -
Moonlight medley enthralls
Mood's magic brings spell on
Maple moments of Fall !

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 Maples have long life spans
 Most are deciduous
 Makes great stringed instruments
 Many have bright fall hues
 Marked by crimson and gold
 Much loved by bird species
 Marvelous bell shaped blooms...

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I heard them groaning
I heard the chainsaws sawing--
the maples lay dead


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October 16, 2013


Poetry/Senryu/dead maples
Copyright Protected, ID 10-513-335-16
All Rights Reserved, 2013, Constance La France


For the Standard contest, Senryu, 
sponsor, Black Eyed Susan, Judged 2013

Honorable Mention...

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In the very warm May' afternoon,
I decided to take a stroll instead of being blue,
and getting a little adventurous was to discover
another pansy or violet bloom;
these flowers were the precious gifts of a little and frivolous lover, 
who gave them to the prettiest ones who...

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Bleeding Sugar maples drip by drip
as a child, I'd oft steal a sip.


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Maples thrive in autumn
Mature leaves change colors
Melange of rustic hues
Maroon, umber and gold
Mortality in flight
Mother trees left weeping
Mourning 'til early Spring 
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FORESTS    OF   NORWAY   MAPLES



Every day we  reviewed them in  parade attitude
Along the Snake River in the Tetons’ solitude,
Or at attention on the banks of  the Volga
In  the infinite taiga  -

In neat ranks along...

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kiss of light, embracing, promising quiet
breathless joy, comforting with kind, gentle sighs
whispering leaves, softly waltzing, can’t deny it
wonders, inspired, brilliant desires who chastise
forests bring whimsical wonders to riot
playing gaily, summer’s goodbye to revise
history reminds the heart who laughs shyly
autumn trembles its teasing flourish, slyly







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Maple trees- you stand tall
     Meeting October's change-
Melding to burnished golds.
     Midst our Autumn splendor-
Mark shedding as goodbye.
     Meer naked, you'll sleep till
March- as buds wake again.

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 I saw the maples;
Chattering with the spruce;
Sparrows awaken;
Squirrels recused;
Running rapid; 
Are those rabbits;
Dogs chasing still the cat up the tree;
God where are all the honey bees;
By the grave I saw the maples;
The lonely liquidambar leafing;
I felt obliged to admire the Rameses;

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The bur oak smiled;
As...

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April 30, 2020
Silver Maples In Spring:

Sunlight seeps through Spring’s enlightening air
Trading snowy blankets for muddy grass.                  
White crystal trees will wake up to be bare,
As warm gold waves...

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over velvet loans
designed gold plates displayed ---
finest fair of fall

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A crowd gathers beneath the Maple
amid rustling rumors of winter
each one pondering “why me?”
as the rally moves aimlessly.

The ancient Maple basks in its Zen
rooted in an infinite knowledge
passed to its fluttering seedlings
caught in the chaos of the crowd.

Winter, a Maples meditation,
circular “oms” mark time’s passing
echo...

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“The Turning of Leaves”

While walking down a 
Forest trail
I came upon
A most beautiful sight 								 

Much to my delight 
A forest floor covered
In multitudes
Of yellows, oranges, 
And crimson reds. 

Fluttering about on a chiffon breeze    
These jewels from summer’s past fell
Stitching blankets...

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