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Fruity Farm Holiday

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contest : Alpha Rhymes 
sponsor : Joseph May
3.9.25
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APPLE BLOSSOMS CAUGHT DREAMY EYES 
fairy farm was ablaze with fruity trees
gentle breezes...

Categories: hackberry, 12th grade, beauty, earth,
Form: Rhyme

Beth Hart

...She missed out on music lessons as a child.
Her parents taught her piano, which was so mild.
For years, she worked poorly and was lackluster.
And quit piano as a preteen as she couldn'...

Categories: hackberry, analogy, appreciation, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme

Whats In It For Us

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admit our love for poetry
as too, sacred geometry
gentle rhythm and soft cadence
throbbing delight of soul vibrance 
soul soothing shade of hackberry

11-August-2021...

Categories: hackberry, poetry,
Form: Quintilla

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Twisted Forever Together

...When we were little twigs sprouting from the ground
                     I sensed something special in you I had found
                    Though we were different,  I don't mean to sound sappy
  ...

Categories: hackberry, love,
Form: Rhyme

Phytolacca Decandra

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Phytolacca decandra 
(Pokeweed)
By: Miracle Man
4/27/2020

Things allowed to grow in parts of our large yard
 are Poke Weed and Wild Onions.
I allow them space, near the patio and ot...

Categories: hackberry, life,
Form: Free verse

Spring Sonnet

...songbirds herald the beginning of the day,
calling from branches of hackberry tree,
waking the squirrels, which start to play.
the greening woods come to life around me.

a new spring season is ...

Categories: hackberry, spring,
Form: Sonnet

Bonsai: the Greening Oriental Art

...You Texas Cuspidata!
Not you, and not a curse:
Taxus cuspidata, for Japanese Yew!

So, don’t confuse a plant with the Ibex
Ilex serrata – that’s Christmas Holly
Or Japanese Wi...

Categories: hackberry, art, flower, garden, humor,
Form: Didactic

Whispering Leaves

...Autumn brings leaves in multifarious hues,
Time's flow quickly readies us for winter's blow.
Fun days on our patios will soon turn to blues,
As it takes its leisure neath a blanket of snow.

The Syca...

Categories: hackberry, nature, seasons,
Form: Lyric

The Hackberry

...There stands a tree whose climb I've shared,
Thereby, stacking hours, we'd fill our day.
Where boyhood dreams oft were pared,
While observing others passing our way.

This tree is huge, and through t...

Categories: hackberry, nature, tree, tree,
Form: Lyric