Redwood, Redbud
Redwood, .... Redbud,
Scoring's Like;
Redwood, .... Redbud,
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Categories:
redbud, appreciation,
Form: Ballad
Redbud Redolent
trees in the green breeze
in gold glazed heady sunshine
scent songs are searching
millions of blossoms
fluttering freshness like spring
wave goodbye to clouds
nice noon has gone still
sweet lifetime wears a big smile
wanton butterflies
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Categories:
redbud, bird, butterfly, flower, nature,
Form: Haiku
Blackbird In a Redbud Tree
Blackbird singing in a redbud tree,
Why such a sad and mournful ditty?
I like your song, but, oh, tell me
Is it meant to please or pity?
Little brook babbling to a willow tree
Of where he's been and where he's bound for.
He tells his tales so joyfully,
But willow's he can't stick around for.
When romance dies what's left of
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Categories:
redbud, love hurts,
Form: Verse
I'M a Redbud Tree
I’m a Redbud Tree
Once I was a sapling
With four thin trunks from the ground,
Hot pink blossoms clung to the forks,
Of shoots of tiny branches.
And I grew.
One trunk made a branch
And there was room for five,
Thriving, red, I was lovely,
My leaves heart shaped.
And i grew.
Until one trunk became diseased,
And then there were four;
Invisible tears fell to
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Categories:
redbud, metaphor,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Old Redbud Tree
The Old Redbud Tree
There is a gnarled redbud left standing,
It blossomed pink year after year;
Four fused trunks grew from its base,
Its heart-shaped leaves said “dear.”
A new branch grew from one, making five,
The little tree was oh, so proud of its size,
And for decades it did healthy look,
Until one year one branch snapped and died.
It seemed
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Categories:
redbud, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
The Redbud Or Flowering Judas
The Redbud Tree
Judas Tree or Flowering Judas
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Categories:
redbud, betrayal, death, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Late Winter Redbud Trees
Blossoming redbuds
With white fur coats send chills
Up and down my spine
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Categories:
redbud, imagination, nature, seasons,
Form: Haiku
Redbud
Crimson seeds of spring
leaf light air, butterfly rain
soft as summer’s swirl.
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Categories:
redbud, nature, philosophy, seasons,
Form: Haiku