Redwood Poems

Redwood, Redbud

Redwood, .... Redbud,
                            Scoring's Like;

Redwood, .... Redbud,
                            All God's Might!

Out My Window

The Ravens call to each other’s brotherhood,
while lofty redwoods reach upward.
Their branches stir and squeak
blowing and flowing with benign breezes.
Under their dusky shade, weary deer find their occasional peace
resting upon the vintage needles to sleep.
Landing in the lower Bay tree’s limbs,
rustling Wrens clacker their chorus
of ditties and riffs carried by ocean sent breezes
reminding the sparky squirrels to store their gathering stash soon.
Monarch butterflies flutter by still churning the fading fall flowers
finding sparse samples of sweetness
as the sun-striped honeybees slickened tongues suck their last nectar.
Other creatures - the tireless tree rats, dusty molting bunnies, dirty nosed moles, light-footed foxes, and mama mountain lion with cubs
express their mortal duties for the coming cold.

As I wander through this pantascopic menagerie
encompassed in its completeness, each path I take deepens to its source.
For I journey with my true self, inspired and consummated
in this imperfect perfection, bringing me home once again.

Redwood Skies

Redwoods cloaked in green
home to golden birds, singing
up in true blue skies
So ancient and prodigious
hailing the stars and the moon

Redwood rosy morn
redwood soaked in the sunset
with silent breezes
Lord of the dark green forest
still in its vigorous youth

A Redwood Tree

your wisdom in rings
endurance is in your height
majestic in width

Redwood Dreams

Redwoods over 240 million years old 
our coastal redwood over 2,200 million years that we know
cleaning carbon from the woods as they grow
giving life to Marbled Murrelet leaving the redwoods
at dawn and return at dusk through the fog from the sea 
gathering fish to return to the redwoods and their nests
pumas nearby hunting then lying near the redwoods to rest
while banana slugs the second largest slugs in the world
crawl under the redwoods eating mushrooms and leaves
sand hills creek side woods pines and evergreens
coyotes, bobcats, black tailed deer giant redwood trees
ancient groves the Sayanta tribe redwood lumber mills
then taken over by the parks to protect redwoods and hills

.

Redwood

Redwood, you’re the Shadow secretary?
I guess so, he muttered.
Not caring that I am of voting age.
That’s what they tell me.

Preceded by Hunt? Succeeded by Hague?
Tell me, did your baby sister die of the plague?

Were you the one who resigned from the cabinet in ninety-five?
Not able to relate to most people alive?
Let’s not forget “Redwood versus Deadwood,” he told me proudly.
But weren’t you defeated, and pretty loudly?

And dropped in mid shuffle?  Wasn’t that you?
He huffed off mad finally, showing his irritation so blue.
I saw him miming a song on his way out.
That’s when I knew he was in a really big pout.

Give Me Back the Ozone Layer

The poet begins the reading

'I'm sentimental if you know what I mean.'
'Oh, that's good!'

I thought about this cuckoo hissing
At the Botanical Gardens 

He'd also mediated on the stratosphere
That sponge up above 

Accordingly, so did I too
Footslogging around the museum

I took a sufti at my phone by the toilets
A headline caught my attention

Liverpool to sack Jürgen Koop
Kooped up in this nightmare exhibition

We came across a giant redwood
The trunk constructed out of metal

To enlighten the children
To prepare them for the future

My son explains his steam engine 
A whole troupe of burly men

Black soot and freezing cold snow
Three layers of woollen jumpers

Sod the blast pipe carbon dioxide 
Your Austrian Giesl burp  

There are bigger concerns
Than soil degradation 

Yes, the fireman is wearing clothes
The shoveller is wearing clothes

But the driver is naked

The Beaver and the Redwood - Fable

There once was a Beaver from Texas
Who ran out of trees before he died
He heard of Redwoods in California
And he took his wife by his side

They hitched a ride on a Greyhound bus
And rode it all the way to the sea
He watched as men sawed on the Redwood
And nothing compared to that tree

Oh, he gnawed on that monster of Nature
And most of his whole life it did rob
A famous moral came from his life -
"Always use the right tool for the job."

2-9-21
Contest: Fabled Musings Poetry
Sponsor: Joseph May

Haiku Redwood

haiku ~ redwood


unfelled statuesque
accomplishing amour touch
archaic redwood

redwood, I was amazed at their shear size and extreme age 
some of these living redwood trees are over 3000 years old

august 4, 2020
traditional haiku-nature themed poetry contest
sponsor: Tania Kitchen

Twig Beneath a Redwood Tree

Long ago I had a coroner friend.
Wasn't long before he shared his dark stories...
People passing away in strange ways-in strange places.
Distorted postures-a maggot's buffet.
People going for a bite to eat-never returning...
his confessions never leave me.

I shared my stories with him.
but they paled in comparison to his.
I doubt if he remembers any of them...
Does anybody remember a twig beneath a redwood tree.

Redwood

O gentle giant
tall and strong
likened to the redwood tree
from way down deep
your roots unseen
stretch out far and wide
underneath your tree
your the tallest redwood
in the forest I see
but gentle as a lamb
in the sun lights glee
on bended knee
I saw you kneel
releasing rain from the heavens
I see you still
never falling or cut down to size
strong and incredible
through life's turbulent skies
your my helper and friend
in the midst of pain
your my shelter from the storm
in the land of the sane
you have bared the cross of the Christ
made from redwood tree
O gentle giant
father to many 
but daddy to me
goodnight sweet redwood

Redwood Ride

Redwood Ride

I rise, I rise, on a redwood ride,
Pages dropping aflutter;
Clouds cloaking, angels singing
Filling the air with ethereal joy!

Through wings of winsome warblers, I rise,
Through showers of diamond drops, I rise,
On their way to dress diamond lakes.
No weight of worries, light and free.

The horizon hides and falls away;
Colors stripe as soft as a babe’s blanket;
Clouds cuddle against the cool night;
Woes of the world have taken flight.

Come with me on a redwood ride.


(While dozing on the deck.)

Tree the Redwood

Triumph of nature, witness of time
Reaching high into to the sky, bursting from natures skin
Everlasting— Sequoia Sempervirens through death and rebirth 
Evermore feeding the forest floor.

The Redwood 1985

You are tall and strong

my love

Like the ancient redwoods

among the trees              of the forest

Living     tender         and green

filled with the           sap of life

Your shadow        wherein I stand

does protect                 from the heat of life

Let me dwell under                 your branches

my love

draw from your vigor

take my nourishment from your

covering boughs

let me lie            beneath your

towering arms

Allow please me to draw

from the power               of your stability

among the trees      of the forest

my love

Protect me from the showers

the rain , snow , and droughts

of life

Let me look upon you              with respect

and admiration

You are outstanding

among the trees of the forest

my love

 

Pondering a womans needs from a man

Ps 1:3 & 104:16 Song of Solomon 2:3 & 7:7-8

Mk 8:24

 

COPYRIGHT © 2009 C. Michael Miller

via Duboff Law Group LLC

The California Redwood

The roots of my existence are unique
For unlike other trees of my kind
I was planted by a city street
In a yard, in a town, is where I reside.

I was well cared for in my early years
As I grew up proud, tall and strong
I saw children play, heard laughter and tears
Saw people walk by and cars rushing along.

As time went by, I grew ever so high
Wondering how much higher I would grow
The family in my yard would look up and sigh
As they realized I had outgrown my abode.

I had become stuck in a very real rut
With too little room to expand
My roots cracked the sidewalk, had to be cut
I was surrounded by a concrete land.

Do they not know that I am a grand tree?
That I should live by others of my kind?
For we live in great forests near the sea
Mighty and pristine, since the dawn of time.

Since I am a rare and special tree
I am protected under laws in my state
For I am a glory and wonder to see
Of my pure magnificence, there is no debate.

So let it be known, let it be understood
I deserve to exist, to live and to be
For I am the California Redwood
The world's tallest and noblest of trees.




Written on 8/21/2015

• Short Redwood Poems
• Famous Redwood Poems
• Best Redwood Poems
• Read Redwood Poems
• Long Redwood Poems
• Redwood Quotes