I am a shadow on the branch of the family tree,
I am a shadow on the branch of the family tree,
A lost echo in the memory of a mother who would shudder with shame,
A shapeless form trying to survive, to breathe,
Yet failing like a withered leaf falling before its time.
My father looks at me through mirrors of unforgiveness,
Like a piece of furniture silently regretted,
I know
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Categories:
branch out, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
In a late autumn, when the last leaf sways on the branch of fate
In a late autumn, when the last leaf sways on the branch of fate,
I have not learned to love, only to possess, to capture in threads of connections,
Fragile yet unyielding ties, a dance of possession that knows not love,
It's more than obsession, yet not quite possession, an enigma without answer.
I do not let feelings live
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Categories:
branch out, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
An Olive Branch
When you think of your last days here on earth
Will you have relationship regrets before you depart
Estranged and alienated from loved ones or friends
Will you leave this world with a heavy heart
Reflecting back on the situation
Does it now seem insignificant and small
Do you wish it had never happened
The details can you even recall
Do
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Categories:
branch out, change, conflict, emotions, perspective,
Form: Rhyme
on a branch
outside my window sits a chickadee
he loves trees of oak & pine
has a family of a hundred & three
they love the snow & falling snowflakes sublime
& each morning some gather to sing a symphony for me
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Categories:
branch out, nature,
Form: Quintain (English)
Olive Branch in One Hand
olive branch in one hand
weapon in the other
hoping for peace with his brother
eager to open his heart
stepping with caution
lest a new war he start
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Categories:
branch out, grief, life, peace, war,
Form: Rhyme
Branch
Branch made the ax head float
Restored to use, so take note
Elisha's branch points to Him
Branch, the metonymic prelim
A limb grew out of Jesse's root
Beginning as a tender shoot
The shepherd boy became a king
An Ideal Savior - his offspring
David's line in disarray
Branch is born Christmas Day
The Davidic promise found in Him
To save His people from their
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Categories:
branch out, bible, christian, faith, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
My Son The Tree
I am so proud to have my son growing up right next to me
Standing so tall and majestic for all the world to see
Raising him in a world with global warming is a lot more difficult today
Strong winds have caused him to lose a branch or two
His bravery and his survival instincts continue to shine
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Categories:
branch out, fantasy, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Spring awakes
Spring Awakes
Robin
Maternal builders
Patiently gather debris
Fragile wombs of blue
Cherry Tree
Blushing pink petals
Tossed in my path with shy love
Nature's flower girl
Budding Beauty
Nourished by warm sun
Buds awaiting deep within
Icy tree limbs melt
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Categories:
branch out, bird, flower, nature, spring,
Form: Haiku
brittle branch
i'm
connected to
a brittle
branch
disconnected
from a
tree of
life
i
i am
i am writing
i am running
out of time
i write in a place
out of time
i write in a time
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Categories:
branch out, age, dark, life, sad,
Form: Free verse
Dying for A Drink
white wind whips whistles
blue blowing bush big branches
denim drunk driver dead
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Categories:
branch out, abuse, addiction, angst, bereavement,
Form: Senryu
Longing on a Branch
A home so fine, I exclaim to all,
Resting on branch, above this ground,
A pond of water, I see from perch,
It longs to me, to land and search.
Vastness of water, no comers in,
I move toward it, landing gently,
A tiny splash, tail feathers wet,
If only another would not see a threat.
Next day to land at tree and
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Categories:
branch out, 8th grade, hope, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Unpruned Branch
The branch that grew on its own
No consideration of where it was sown
Oh, the heights could it seek
To become one that others would speak
Look at this what I have will flourish
Many shall see my example to nourish
New heights and beauty of many branches
All going in many directions
Not seeing the way it was headed
Even the
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Categories:
branch out, faith,
Form: Rhyme
An Attenuated Tree Branch
An attenuated tree branch reaches out to its drowning shadow in the inert millpond.
(23 Syllables)
Personification is a poetic device and not a poetic form, hence me labeling this 'prose poetry'.
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Categories:
branch out, imagery, metaphor, nature,
Form: Personification
Birdies On a Branch
Birdies on a branch are cuddled up so fine
Bunched up closer than clothespins on a line
Snoring in sync, a luscious lullaby in a whispery way
The rest of the forest animals cannot look away
Their mama is gone, says one. Let’s help them to have lots of fun.
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Categories:
branch out, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Branch Britches
teribium,Curium,actinium
sheres of charcoal.
they seek such to
make generated dissisha.
samples the need
for energy.
the need to produce
the world wishes a
freedom from what
currently exist.
Des-alpha motaium.
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Categories:
branch out, science, science fiction,
Form: Bio
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