Short Forest For The Trees Poems

Canopies of glass,
Collecting solar power;
Fuel from solar rays....

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The scenery shows 
a forest of various trees 
as the wild beasts roam....

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The orchestral trees
echo sounds of the woodwinds…
and buzz of chainsaws!...

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Don’t let the poetry
weaken the poem

The structure a servant
—for what’s to be known

(The New Room: December, 2021)...

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I gaze at a forest of willow trees beside the sea,
Presenting to me lovely meanings of love and beauty
In loving a man so deeply that I want him to be with me....

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Branch out like leaves do
Picked a clover instead of 
Looking for Unique

it's autumn time now..
missed the forest for the trees
send me ease breeze please
...

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How easy 
It becomes 
To lose yourself 
In the forest 
Of your own 
Mossy head
Especially on days 
Where  the thoughts that line the canopy
Get stuck on the low hanging branches...

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The mysterious path winding through 
a forest of magnificent trees,
and I walk in the quiet of ancient time
seeking the secret rhymes
of the oak and the cedar;
and the poetry of nature....

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At times we are all in a state of bewilderment
Life can surprise us, our routine short circuits us
Can't see the forest
For the trees, we short-circuit
Don't know what I'm saying as into the unknown I'm thrust...

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Ohh nature Ohh nature,
You are one of the best wonderful creature.
So beautiful so green,
From the wonders ever seen.
A forest full of trees, 
With chirping birds and rustling leaves.
You give us shadow in real need, 
And dew to small creature to breed.
Ohh nature Ohh nature....

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That scent of your body I know so well,
mingled with that unmistakable
woody aroma,
lingers in the air,
heady and aflame
while my desire burns.

Then for the first time I knew.
In a forest of naked trees,
the canopy protected our own nakedness.
It was ours,
not to be shared....

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Quantum Superposition,
  forever preying on our minds

Refusing to admit what consciousness knows,
  its theory never finds

The more complex the argument,
  the further afield it falls

Roaming and scattered amidst the trees,
  blind to the forests call

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)...

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deep in the trenches
a forest of cardboard trees
and  stained glass windows
twiddling pieces through fingers
sizing up like private eye

a piece here…and there
like a long drawn out story
finally middle latched shut
and made the sign of the cross
now I aim for the quadrants
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I can’t see the forest for the trees
If I look up what color leaves will I see
I look down and see grass so green
And little wild flowers so much like me

There in the distance is a woman a man
Were they kissing or holding hands
Is he from the church giving praying hands
Or other word of the war and husband



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I took the road less traveled
to hear if a falling tree
with no one around
(aside from yours truly)
does make a sound
but lost my way
veered far astray
and for the life of me
couldn't see
the forest for the trees
but if I could
it would feel so good
not a bump on a log nor lump on a stump
as then I'd be out of the woods
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Through the forest, through the trees
Hearing birds, frogs, and the bees
Being quiet, being still
Water, leaves, on the occasional hill
Animals over and underground
Feels like no one is around
Yet in beneath the growing grasses
Is polluted air from oil and gases
This pollution will grow and grow through time
Getting a dime for everyday that it's not is not a lot of dimes...

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Tara must have pulled the ground up
Over her head, you made us all
See nothing but red

Incessant bawlin', rebel drawlin'
Rhett! Rhett! Rhett!
T'was not those phony charms
That drove him from your arms

A petite, whining Southern Belle
From Hell, couldn't see the
Georgia forest in those trees

Face it now, Rhett is gone
Along with the wind, you've sung your last song
Frankly Scarlett, the boy is movin' on...

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Peter cotton tail
Passed Pam down the the sliding rail
Possing prively passed position failed
Who said  Peter could created jelly bells
Oh well
People often smell
Like sewage water water down a rivers trail
Soap used to clean dumped waste polluted air
Peter scales thrifty built buildings ginger bread Hansel and Gretel gripped sail
Through the forest and under trees
Peter has legs to run but fell to his knees...

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Winter waters flow
 untainted and clear,
a glimpse into clarity
 with nothing far away, all near.
Opened streams flood the plains
 chilled by winter cold and rain.

Step lively through the forest and the trees
 catch the scent of wood fires on each breeze,
leaf crunch and piles high and deep
 where snows lay on the grounds asleep,
a calling whispered on the open air
 coming home for Christmas, in memory, I'm there....

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If we let go for
a moment
 sparkling light
lures us to that 
other world
    We move 
closer to the source
and we find that 
it has disappeared
  Some kind of 
magic trick, I suppose
     Yet the lights 
on the other 
   side of 
the bay
      still shine
The exsistence of light
   is relative to the 
exsistence of darkness
   Can we watch the dance and join in?
   Or are we missing the forest for the 
trees?...

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A laughter full of Xmas cheer
In a sunset on the rising moon
A river of mercury flows through me

Moonlight in a splash of red wine
To savour a new festive seasoning
But the smash of moon rocks grounds me

A handful of Xmas handshakes
Turn my spilt milk into a milkshake
To let a silent night snow on my taste buds

Ice cream forecast from the Poles
To overcast a forest of Xmas trees
Skiing down the slopes of a mountain on a spoon...

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Magnificent is this island,
Pummeled by the waves,
A forest of twisted trees flow to the island edge,
Rocks heavy with iron fall in to the abyss,
To the darkness below,
Darkness hides walls dripping like wax,
Standing water leads to a grotto filled with chambers,
On the walls pictograms to be deciphered to find untold riches,
Left by pirates in the golden age,
In the chamber X marked the spot,
Plunder stacked high a light in the dark...

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Follow your heart where it leads
Far beyond the forest past the trees
There’s a place your heart knows
Where love the one you loved so long ago
She waits for you so patiently
She’ll be there for all eternity
Sitting there for all eternity
Sitting there by the stream
The place you see always in your dreams
Somehow someway you’ll find a way
To be with her one day
And then your dreams will come true
For your true love will be united forever with you...

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"As the greatest of all poets and musicians,
tho' you may call me 'liar',
Hermes may have invented it
but I perfected the lyre
and with my music and singing
if only I could see
the forest for the trees
I would coax the woods to dance for me
but, on the other hand
from where I stand,
it appears to be,
looking at it from all angles,
nothing but nettles, brambles
and both
briars and tangles,"
quoth he, Orpheus in the undergrowth.
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Sitting here, waiting for a clearing breeze , 
in my forest of endless trees, 
and responsibilities.  
It never came, the restless surge,
from deep within, the stormy siege
that blows the top off Carpe Diem.

A cup of tea and a magazine,
the traces of her lemon scent,
that rises aromatically.
I never thought to look for that,
Within my maze of discontent,
A kind of serendipity. 

The little things, that’s what I meant
Like the traces of her lemon scent....

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