Best Walnut Tree Poems

as my fears subside the tree I planted in spring is showing growth

Written Aug 18, 2016 For John Hamilton's Monoku Madness  Contest...

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a walnut tree -

the fruits of its labor

spilled at its feet


April 29, 2018...

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The old walnut tree in the meadow weep
Time had arrived her strains in sorrow steep

Echoes of a nameless and powerful storm break in
I feel shivers on my bare skin

I would like to touch and hug it, before it dies
The roots of the tree pointing up towards the skies

In the backyard of mourning, distant in all...

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As I passed my wicket fence
The ageing walnut tree, 
Showered me with withered leaves
And said something to me; 

That it stood since ages past
But I had never seen, 
Crimson light upon its leaves
Thus how twilight had been; 

I glimpsed not the sparrow's nest
That lay upon its bough, 
Few spotted eggs closeted
Though which the night winds...

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walnut tree in fruit
best pickled green eat with cheese-
carved Chinese treasure
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Once summer green
then Autumn gold
bedecked this ancient tree-
Today silhouette laid bare
misletoed in winter frieze....

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walnut tree was now slightly blemished
deer had done lots of damage
getting his antlers off
tree did not mind
felt like a willing partner
available every year
he smiled as white tail flew into thicket...

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