Short Eucalyptus Poems

Tar
Fennel
Coastal sage
Eucalyptus
Sea

7/31/2017...

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Koala bear tears
Eucalyptus tree downfall
A Greenhouse effect...

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lengthening shadows
reach out to discarded
eucalyptus bark...

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Valleys long laid,
Aged eucalyptus twisting branches,
Back and forth calls pierced a stillness sit....

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Koala’s not a teddy bear,
Although he looks the part …

He munches eucalyptus leaves,
And captivates our hearts....

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There’s the animal I’d most like to be
Snores drop from the eucalyptus tree
To sleep like the sloth sounds nice to me...

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I wish that I was a koala bear
Napping in eucalyptus-scented air
In trees, safe from attack
No dingoes get to snack
Oh, to have my avatar's cuteness flair!...

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intoxicated
 
by strong eucalyptus scent

I swirl in blue mist



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A Let the Pens Flow Contest
Sponsored by Jenish Somadas...

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cooling tang
upon my palate-
eucalyptus leaves

sleep comes-
a one-track mind’s
exhausting

nature’s way
is the best-
fine dining

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How you weep for me 
Like the willow once had
Such foreign territories 
Make us seek sparks of home
Sometimes the warmth 
Of such a need fullfilled 
Leaves you warmer than your own....

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Koala the Australian version of. “The Thinker”, sits high.
Ponders the spicy tang of his next meal then, he’ll sleep for hours.
People gawk at him, as he munches eucalyptus.


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Cold wind on the bay
blows with a sound from the sea
eucalyptus sway.

Caressing fog sweeps
on morning soft or cold night
San Francisco spring.



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For Abe Lopez' Favorite Season haiku contest...

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Blue Gum (eucalyptus)

yes life is how you see it,
warts n all, so be it:)  
excellento no1
as johnson says blue gum (tree)
a positive write old son....
4 me...




re: Richard Palmer "A World of Laughs"

Don Johnson...

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Pampering
Mood lights
Candles lit
Rose petals
Aromatherapy
Eucalyptus
Hot stones
Tickling chakras
Hydrotherapy
Heat wraps
Warm bath
Spa day
For you
And me



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on October 12, 2018...

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Every early morning 
I see a little bird perched 
on the roof top 
next door out my window. 
I watch two or three crows 
in the tall eucalyptus tree. 
My cat rubs my legs 
and waits for food
I wonder what 
they think of all of this....

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bees frozen
as fossils not
caught in stone
but in petrified
tree stump
combs

trapped bringing
back the treats
that treat their
queen like
the queen
she is

but no matter the age
even ancient sweets
can be eaten
would you 
care for a cup of
eucalyptus tea...

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Palm trees at sunset
When sky displays golden glow
Silhouettes abound.

Warmth flavoured with spice
Hinting of eucalyptus
First mosquito bite.

Humid midnight hour
Chorus of the insect world
Mosquito net down.





Pixabay image by TheDigitalArtist...

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softly stirring their beds,
the gentle snore of calm.

the diffuser soothes the senses -
a grandma’s blend of lemon,
eucalyptus, peppermint, basil,
tea tree and rosemary.

allowing winsome dreams to croon
after the forgetful fit of coughing

12/31/2018

Lemon oil and Breathe Easy do the trick!...

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I have many koalifications,
Numbed by gum leaves, stupefaction,
Glazed by arid summer drought,
Real hot today, there's no doubt,
What's this? Black storm clouds?
Who said clouds were allowed?
Now there's rain a'drenching,
Oh, it's stopped, not worth mentioning,
There's a eucalyptus petrichor,
I'll daze now, did it rain at all?...

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A rainbow bark?
Here in the dark?
Oh, my yes,
You should see her dress!
 
Maroons and green,
Outed by the queen,
Orange and reds,
Shown as she sheds.
 
Rainbow Eucalyptus,
Seeing is truly worth a bit of fuss.
Painted by the master,
Keep up, you can walk faster.
 
A rainbow bark!
Colorful at dark.
Oh, goodness yes!
You should see her dress!...

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Animal antics






Lazy Koalas for hours on trees would rest
patience of crazy people is put to test,
Open eyes, chew some eucalyptus leaves
then climb furthermore for a sound sleep,
Cute teddy bears, their grey furs grace,
blessed be to embrace their slug and laze!





Written Sept 10th, 2016
For contest "Animal antics"
Sponsor- Shadow Hamilton...

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Chartreuse moss insinuates itself
into cracked brick as leprous eucalyptus
line the path, fallen leaves contorted 
into coral spines on weathered terra cotta.

Traveling between the trees I stumble
upon one sinewy stalk in a lithe tuft
heralding the second coming of a lily.

May's slate gray 
muffles the air until I hear 
the chameleon trill
of a mockingbird....

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the weary soul slumbers under her branches
while our life flickers under her leaves
wanting the light to shine brighter then the sun
leaving tiny messages on leaves that fall
evergreen , mighty oak , eucalyptus
just to name my few under her wings 
collecting the early morning dew
sweet air i inhale the drought she has been through
withers her limbs though her roots are deep
she thirsts for more...

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Watching the misty rain
Falling on the eucalyptus gum leaves
The Galahs are squawking 
While I sit in my chair and deep breath  
The whistling sounds of a variety of birds
Puddles forming on the ground
Beyond the bird noises
There is no other sound
The Pitter-patter of misty rain
Watching the flow of the river
Is no strain
Life ‘s simplicity at its best
Life in the country
Is where I feel blessed....

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By the Murray
is far from
By the lake

The Murray
has its own sound
as it meanders
across gravel runs
billabongs
bends galore

tonight will be cold
so the fire is prepped
7 sheets of crumpled 
newspaper, splinters of pine
dry eucalyptus leaves
twigs and small branched
neatly piled

the cod are rising
at dusk
gently taking insects
from the surface

By the lake
would be 
no sound
at all...

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