The Peach Tree
They would ripen all at once
under a hot sun and hang
in a sugary glut only for a day
or two before starting to spoil.
I had to be quick and when
the time came,
I hurried home
from school to clamber up
the tree and seize
the fruit. Each was a warm,
engorged globe of flesh
with just
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Categories:
peach tree, child, god, nostalgia, sin,
Form: Free verse
Little Peach Tree
Oh how beautiful,
Is this little peach tree,
With my wondering eyes,
I really do see,
Two little peaches,
So delightful,
So Plump,
Waiting to be picked,
By little old me.
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Categories:
peach tree, funny, hilarious, humor, humorous,
Form: Free verse
The Peach Tree
My favorite fruit is the peach
I pick one from the tree
and pick out more within reach
eating them with glee
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Categories:
peach tree, fruit, tree,
Form: Quatrain
A Small Peach Tree
The emerald and still evening
lures the crescent moon rising,
to make a small peach tree shine
as if it were already daytime;
it even invites the brutal wind
to lash it so that its flowers
would lose their pretty petals...
then one of them starts to descend,
others sadly follow behind to resemble Autumn leaves...
who has sympathy for a small peach tree
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Categories:
peach tree, autumn, dark, flower, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Peach Tree
Glossy glow velvet
Sunripe peach tree high up
Nectar beckons now
Reach up high to grab the light
Glossy glow of peaches grow
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Categories:
peach tree, nature
Form: Tanka