Evening Observations
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Evening Observations
orb spider -
trying to stitch together
this broken world
midnight -
the dead plum tree
blossoming stars
the evening
deepening my silence -
I let go of word...
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Categories:
plum tree, night,
Form: Haiku
In the Sun's Rosy Vicinity
...Little Arabella Miller lived in town, but far enough out in green country,
To watch the raspberry sun go down, and to climb a lavish, plum tree.
Arabella was seven-years-old, and had a th...
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Categories:
plum tree, beautiful, color, fantasy, happiness,
Form: Couplet
The plum tree and the boy
...In the center of the city,
There was a plum tree
Whose flowers were in bloom;
White and rose
They attracted the attention
Of whoever walked by;
In the morning a girl,
That was walking by the t...
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Categories:
plum tree, art,
Form: Free verse
The Now Continuum
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Line of inquiry:
“since thoughts speak in past tenses,
drop mind, rely on senses,
embracing and releasing,
pain pangs and pleasure pleasing” by Unseeking Seeker
I can see God’s hand in all a...
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Categories:
plum tree, life,
Form: Sonnet
A Feeding Robin- Haiku 1
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spring time morning sun
feeding robin on plum tree~
silence of strollers
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Categories:
plum tree, appreciation, seasons, spring,
Form: Haiku
April Hiku
..."When the old plum tree blooms, the entire world blooms" - Dogen
with blossoms bursting
my plum tree basks in sunlight . . .
a song bird’s sw...
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Categories:
plum tree, tree,
Form: Haiku
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:
plum tree, christmas, fantasy, fruit, nature,
Form: Couplet
The Music Swells
...Edna Morris lived in the town of Shadow Fells, in rich green, hilly country,
With doting parents and sister Violet, plucking fruit from their plum tree.
Pretty Edna was twelve years old, ...
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Categories:
plum tree, children, christmas, dream, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Fantasy Among the Flowers
...As I sit in sunbeam pearls,
My gemmed dragonfly visits, noon.
Warm regards from red, butterfly world!
Purple birds' sing summer tune.
Fairy and dragonfly visit,
sitting on my silk sunflower.
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Categories:
plum tree, beautiful, fairy, fantasy, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To Fruit Friends
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I was despondent that I had to leave them.
Moving two thousand miles away, it was
unlikely that I would ever see them again.
They were trees, but it seemed somehow
They knew that we would be fo...
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Categories:
plum tree, friendship, fruit,
Form: Ode
Zen
...Quote: "In zen we don't find the answers. We lose the questions." ..zen philosophy
Beneath the plum tree by the Zen pond's side,
Its vivid hues reflected in the water's glide,
Autumn leaves, a...
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Categories:
plum tree, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Ready to be Swallowed
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A giant road is emerging. My sandy path
is ready to be swallowed. Gambol, amble,
ramble, saunter, stride… My way knows
a variety of my gaits. This is a stamped
path in my gene as an elep...
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Categories:
plum tree, sad,
Form: Free verse
The Beheaded
...I go to bed at three,
I usually wait beneath the plum tree,
That tree is useless like my name,
You and I are in a blissful game!
You are too sweet for me,
Never lived inside me as if you were ...
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Categories:
plum tree, character, death, emotions, in
Form: Free verse
Just A Few Of Plants I Like
...Forsythia shakes her golden plumb.
Plum tree dances in her wedding gown
And Barlett pears soon to put on a display.
Some daffodils still wear their spring crown.
How I miss my beau...
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Categories:
plum tree, flower,
Form: Rhyme
Homeless Poetry
...HOMELESS POETRY
These are poems about the homeless and poems for the homeless.
Epitaph for a Homeless Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful w...
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Categories:
plum tree, america, child, childhood, children,
Form: Rhyme
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