Poison Oak Poems - Poems about Poison Oak

investigating a curious vine

...is that honeysuckle, jasmine or poison oak?
If I get too close to it to take a photo, will it be a problem?
I get a teensy bit closer, because I want a great photograph.
My sister does not have to...

Happy Valentine's Day

...Do not ask for roses, dear
Be they pink or white or red
I'll give you something more sincere
Like poison oak instead....

Witch Hazel

...Witch Hazel

There once was a witch named Hazel
Mistook poison oak for sweet basil
She finally conceded
New glasses, she needed,
For Halloween spells reappraisal...

The Teacher of Peace

...In the tangle of wood
Delighted by the scent of earth rich warmth
Of forest floor fusion
The carpet of needles dance with the rhythm of your step
And lead you to its tranquility

Its crisp crac...

Symposia

...[To the editor of the classified section:
please run the following in the Events Section each week]


Symposia, symposia, symposia now every week
We’ll hold them every Saturday in the new lot by...

The Red Dust Never Settled

...mountain top 
i feel the lack of oxygen
stiller than a mannequin
atmosphere a reading lens
the smell of my heating skin
I can dodge the poison oak
jumped off the tallest rock
look into the hea...

Deadly Effects

...I fed the wild red cardinals
A special mix of seeds
They dropped them in my herb garden  
Which now grows mostly weeds

Like bramble briars and poison
Oak with deadly effects
Upon the gard...

Green

...Green, green, 
snarkly,  crinkly leaf, 
scrub oak green.

Green, green, 
sloppy stuff hanging from
a duck's bill green.

Green, green, 
jump the fence by the
No Trespassing sign into
a fie...

Because I'M Tired of Metaphors, Etc

...Summer boulder-boots wear my thoughts
Thoughts warmed by winter coat maligned in poison oak
With an indelicate left-breast
Pocket inscription stating the obvious
 “Boys Don’t Cry” 

Cupids Loveless Arrow

...Cupid spotted me 
From quite far away 
A round little fellow
Boisterous unfettered sway
Upon his head 
A crown of poison oak
A simple dress of 
Toga and a cloak
His arrows were 
A putrid gre...

When I Was Little

...How come when I was a little, It seemed my life was better,
No fears and a warm sweater,good years thrown down the shredder,
stay clear of the cold weather, adhere for the home wrecker,
My fears bega...

World Naked Gardening Day

...World Naked Gardening Day 
 
What’s this world coming to
I read it just today
They’re promoting naked gardening
On the 14th day of May
It started back in 05
But has spread around the world
It’s all a...

Hiking Trip

...The whhhhiind wound it’s wicked way through the snarl of  broken skeleton like branches. In what was left of the dredges of dusky light it tore past the ancient rotting knot holes  protruding from th...

Have You Received Your Road Map Today

...There are many road maps
As they are called these days
Today everyone has a road map
Under their dream pillow
It makes you sleep more relaxed
And you always wake up refreshed
Give peace a chanc...

World Naked Gardening Day

...I am not making any of this up.  It is a real and recognized 'holiday' all around the 
world if not in your hometown just yet.  It was reported on in the USA Today 
newspaper just this morning.  
...

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