Before I Ruin the View
...Before I ruin the view, I see…I see
as a child - the colors meld
in the sky, in the lake, at tree level.
Before I ruin the view, I chew on it,
revel in it, see God in it. I see…
Before I rui...
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Categories:
coniferous, nature,
Form: Free verse
Forests of Green Coniferous Trees
...Forests of Green Coniferous Trees
Forests of evergreen conifers
(Fir, spruce, cedar, pine, and hemlock trees)
Keep their colour throughout the seasons
And don’t shed foliage in autumn.
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Categories:
coniferous, nature, tree,
Form: Verse
Junipers
...Coniferous greenery holds up the hill and my eyes.
Snakes wind around the roots, and my boots, if I’m not careful.
Replaced junipers with a weeping willow and stone wall.
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Categories:
coniferous, nature,
Form: Sijo
Junipers
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Big tall evergreen trees are monoecious
But others are only dioecious
Two sexes are mono
While only one dio
Both prickly to handle coniferous
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Categories:
coniferous, tree,
Form: Limerick
Plum Delicious
...Jack Horner was an impish little boy, who lived on Cherry Orchard farm;
That produced varieties of fruit. For a mellowing sun, kept groves warm.
The Horners had always been a serious set-...
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Categories:
coniferous, christmas, fantasy, fruit, nature,
Form: Couplet
failed humans
...Failed humans
The forest he traveled had many paths
there was always something new to see
like a white tree that once wanted to be
the tallest one in the forest, but hubris
had made it to lo...
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Categories:
coniferous, absence, adventure, age,
Form: Ballade
I learn from the simplicity of nature
...As I walk around the cottage nestled at the river’s edge, I am greeted by the splendor of nature. The river gushes through the rocky bed as its roar echoes through the valley. I sit in awe watching ...
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Categories:
coniferous, appreciation, encouraging, inspiration, nature,
Form: Narrative
Perceived Vantage Point
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This poem is inspired by Jeff Ripple's painting titled 'Stormy Weather'. You can find the link to the painting at the bottom of the page, and there is also an image of the painting uplo...
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Categories:
coniferous, appreciation, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Wine Country
...In a vehicle, once more this month. Though not going as far as the palm trees, my stomach’s lurching left and right. The baby’s alright! He coos from time to time as we weave through lovely soil and ...
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Categories:
coniferous, family, travel,
Form: Narrative
CONIFEROUS TREE
...Embracing the countryside
Made some ecstatic and glee
But one feature in particular
Was that old coniferous tree
‘Conifer,’ a Latin word
Means one that bears a cone
But did Nero study the ...
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Categories:
coniferous, ireland,
Form: Rhyme
Evening Sonata
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Written: December 28, 2023
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flounder in fictional field
—squeals and squeaks
Whimpers and growls
Sylphic swaying,
of flames spewing...
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Categories:
coniferous, analogy, appreciation, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
unsuccessful
...unsuccessful humanness
The forest he traveled had many narrow paths, there was always something new to see, like the white tree that
once wanted to be the biggest to dominate the forest
but hubr...
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Categories:
coniferous, anti bullying, christian, color,
Form: Blank verse
Canadian Autumn
...Canadian Autumn
Forests of old and new growth in constant turmoil
Are held upright by root systems filtering the soil.
Trees and saplings stretch upward in the wilderness
To absorb the s...
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Categories:
coniferous, autumn, nature, weather,
Form: Verse
Tree
...The cascading contours of the verdant mountain slope
hold me, an upstanding cone of jade coniferous pine,
gilded in gold soaked from the swathe of snow,
turned to mirror flakes by the sun of dawn....
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Categories:
coniferous, christmas, tree,
Form: Personification
If You Were a Color
...If you were a color you would be dark green.
Not a musty or dusty dark green,
But a comforting rich dark green.
The type of green that smells like the calm before a much needed storm.
The type of...
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Categories:
coniferous, 12th grade, boyfriend, cute
Form: Romanticism
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