Tree Sage Poems

Written 12 December 2023         
Transmutation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker

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I climbed atop the mountains,
To find the Elevated One,
He is in one of it's summits,
Living all alone.

I found him under a tree,
Can't be found by...

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OF SAGE LEAVES AND SWEET FLOWERS…

While flowers may be deemed
The sweetness of nature and life,
It is the leaves of her trees that are
The essences of...

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he Riders of the Purple Sage
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The scarlet stained judge that summons a soul to a meeting of vultures should not see carcass as unpleasant


The grasshopper that avails its genitals in...

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Epigrams

Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch

If...

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A Shadorma

Pot-bellied, 
wizened old oak sage;
resting in
silent woods.
Each swollen arthritic joint
tells a magic tale.

Within dark
knotholes of blackness,
lie secrets;
songs only
sung when the woods are silent;
echoes of...

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Sage Saga Of A Home On A Hill 

Having drank from the sun at meridian,
The moon drunk with the light 
Of reflection, always dissipated dreaded...

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Sage Saga Of A Home On A Hill 

Having drank from the sun at meridian,
The moon drunk with the light 
Of reflection, always dissipated dreaded...

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Aged Osage;
twisting, turning, 
tentacled specter of the soil; 
centuries of thrills, you have seen.

Gnarly old fingers, 
still reach for brother sun’s embrace 
and you share...

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