Best Tree Poems
Below are the all-time best Tree poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of tree poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Mother TreeThe Mother Tree
I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you.
My children, you've grown and branched away from me.
You've married, left home to...
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Categories:
tree, birth, children, family, grandchild,
Form:
Sonnet
BEECH TREE Oh how I hate the winter where my limbs are exposed and seen
I just adore the spring time, I wear my dress of emerald green
Draping...
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Categories:
nature, tree,
Form:
Personification
Five Times Round The TreeHow can I honour you, flame-tickled tree,
when poets have lined up to watch you blush
and crackle through November’s pageantry?
What use to add my musings to...
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Categories:
tree, autumn, poetry, poets, sound,
Form:
Sonnet
Rainbow TreeOh my regal Eucalyptus friend,
Your tall rainbow trunk is rooted deep,
Stationary, yet your tree tops bend
In constant unison with the wind.
My camera can’t capture your...
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Categories:
nature, rainbow, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
I want your SEEDS**"And his name was Jack"**
No one perceives what abides above the clouds.
A giant, a harp, maybe golden eggs.
I demand to see and feel...
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Categories:
tree, adventure, funny, old, rain,
Form:
Free verse
Autumn AfterglowAutumn Afterglow
As halcyon summer days
wave goodbye
Bucolic trees seen from
an autumn sky
Become a cynosure
...
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Categories:
tree, autumn, beauty, october, seasons,
Form:
Rhyme
A Dryad's TaleOne day while passing by a tree, I heard a sigh.
It seemed the oak could speak; I felt my knees go weak,
for like a siren’s...
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Categories:
day, fantasy, me, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
Seeing Autumn's oak adornPainting sky before I was born,
Draping my grave in leaf and acorn.
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Contest: Crystalline
Sponsor: Rick Parise
11.22.14
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Categories:
tree, autumn, birth, death, life,
Form:
Crystalline
RETREAT TO HEED OUR HONEST DEEDSRETREAT TO HEED OUR HONEST DEEDS
Two old oak trees weathered by winds and rain
with fallen leaves, branches and toughened bark
to shield a core of grandeur,...
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Categories:
tree, art, friendship, meaningful, nature,
Form:
Sonnet
My Tree's Seasonsspring wakens my tree -
a bejeweled perfumed bride. . . .
love birds make their nest
summer’s yellowed lawn
beneath my tree’s sombrero. . . .
grass breathes...
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Categories:
tree,
Form:
Haiku
Somber DaysI am somber
like November days
and my words speak
weak, as if through tired tongue
I see the trees
stand naked
reaching their limbs
across the stream
as if touching
and comforting each...
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Categories:
day, november, tree,
Form:
Free verse
TreephoriaAs my roots grow deeper
I find my reach extends further
Nourishment I draw from the soil
clothes me in splendid garments
My branches stretch towards the sky
so that...
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Categories:
autumn, december, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Folly Of Autumn's Fog
A coloratura arises
...
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Categories:
tree, age, autumn, life, nature,
Form:
Free verse
A Bed of Pink PetalsOne April day when spring was in the air,
I stepped outside so I might relish it.
I came upon a cherry tree so fair,
beneath its limbs...
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Categories:
spring, tree,
Form:
Sonnet
Wood StagesI Death Wood
My skeleton, the trembling tree,
hit by the axes of ambulances
due to the decay of disease.
My muscles languish as wilted leaves.
My organs are rotting...
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Categories:
tree, green, moon, nature, rainforest,
Form:
Free verse
Falling leaves, beautiful demise
Leaves talking, beautiful demise
If a leaf could talk, it would say, please, take your time
life is acted out in stages, every song has it's rhyme
When...
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Categories:
tree, autumn, beautiful, change, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
September SplendorNourished by garland skies of scarlet blue
And velvet grass in golden green festoon
September wed us; one heart, made of two
Days of turquoise kisses, too much,...
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Categories:
tree, butterfly, kiss, moon, romantic
Form:
Villanelle
Voice of the last acornImage credit: Wikipedia
People amble by in view of the placid lake
Mesmerized by horizon adorning scarlet
While not far from the Oak tree, I stealthily lay
Enthralled in...
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Categories:
imagery, nature, tree,
Form:
Personification
Our October Sky
October sky, the 1st we celebrate, a seasons heart yearned treasured moment,
Sun rises, new beginnings, Enlightens nature, we seek...
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Categories:
tree, autumn, blessing, inspirational, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Emerald ForestsEmerald Forests
Emerald forest hiding from man's curse
if found, its never better , always worse.
Wretched destroyers we are in this abode
in our arrogance we are firmly...
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Categories:
tree, art, creation, green, meaningful,
Form:
Sonnet
A Bedtime StoryOnce, a long ways away, and a long time ago
Lived a wee little man with his silly pet crow;
And once every day, as the sun...
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Categories:
tree, bird, children, nonsense, nursery
Form:
Couplet
The Solo Dancer - Tanka to SonnetAlone atop a hill,
an ornamental willow
dances in the breeze.
Long...
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Categories:
beautiful, tree, sun, tree,
Form:
Sonnet
My Fragile FriendsPlease speak to me my lovely friend
With leaves stirred softly by the wind
Under enchanted autumn sky
Where your susurrate sounds drift by.
Sing soft melodies in choir
As...
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Categories:
autumn, sound, tree,
Form:
Couplet
where barren branches touch newborn leavesScurrying on my way home, a little leaf catches my eye, and I am compelled yet again to slow down.
a whirlwind of thoughts
compete with swaying...
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Categories:
tree, absence, introspection, leaving, life,
Form:
Haibun
cherry blossomsatop worn weathered concrete
pink petals gaily gather
entice lovers strolling
fingers touch mittens vanish.
blushing halo canopy
highlights cool rosy cheeks
tiny buds whisper passion
newly awakened long sleep.
sky...
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Categories:
tree, dance, happiness, heart, joy,
Form:
Free verse