Tree Carpe Diem Poems

Hey!Look at this 
This boy’s name is Chris
He can do many things
He can climb all trees

Can you?Can you?
Can you climb trees,too?
If yes,take off your shoe
This...

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seize today
run with her
throw her to the moon
lasso her around a tree limb and swing on her
you only have one opportunity to adore her 
before...

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This will be a false Haiku
because I don't have time 
to finish up

Xmas tree obliges

Anyhow 
why not write Neo-Grunge
jazzmataz music song poeme
In a rather quickie...

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Lovers gather, yelling "carpe diem"
Lovers kiss, living with totem
Lovers fall, counting walls
Lovers forget, crushing falls.

Love birds chirping as one
Under a tree skipping one by one
Above...

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THE POETS AND THE HIGHLANDER

A highlander stands alone 
on the crest of a high hill
quietly playing the bagpipes
stirring the tree branches in the mist of...

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Sweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

after William Dunbar

Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest...

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Were I a boy of nine, or ten,
I would climb the tallest tree, and then,
Leap carefree from the highest bough—
Free of the fears that find...

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This morning, mid-December sun
 glowed brightly and briefly spun
 as the winds blow in, wild, restless, free,
and off in the distance lingered scenes
 filled by...

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Passing through the woods, I saw a tree,
Standing tall with fruits ripe and leaves green
Mighty was  its long trunk
Uniqueness was in its being different...

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God has a way of coming to you
In your moments of despair 
God has a way of revealing things
Of which you aren't even aware
Stop searching...

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It's blisteringly faithfully rot,

it's intangible as it's deserving of all,

so many signs,
and signatures to boot...


The wreathe in the sky,

the tree rotation eye,

end of all eagerness,

dredge...

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It's that magical season
Every single year 
When everyone is better
When everyone is happy. 

A tree 
brings together a family, 
Some cookies and some lights
Are make...

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Advent
by
Rick Folker
December, 2017

"... you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake ... the night is advanced, the day is at...

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Green golden red
Crisp cold air’s kiss
Barely a cloud filled sky
In love with mornings like this

Sleep washed from mine eyes
Light to present to miss
Shadows fade, goodbye...

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Going Home
I went home again, at last
   just after the mid March winter blast,
   as many years had slipped into the...

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