Short Knarled Poems

ancient live oak trees
shaped by the wind and water...
knarled limbs moss' home  

Written Tuesday June 04, 2013...

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Knarled tree hanging on by the sea
Fighting or surviving a tet-a-te
No! Just being, resting, in the wind
Stronger than the lighthouse built by man




(God be with you til we meet again.)...

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dragonfly orchids

soft knarled petals, fragile bones

blooms open and close.

 

 

(January 31, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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Strings of flesh
hang from my teeth,
my new masterpiece
lays at my feet.
Some body,
all knarled and chewed,
                  still quivering
and blood spirting
from claw and teeth marks.
Overall still good enough
for another meal,
                  happy days....

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Knarled and broken 
Sounds escaped long ago
And echoed from wall to wall
A triumphant beating of silent drums
The symphony is over the conductor
Has left his post so long ago
Like the beating of a heart whose
Last vessel has burst
And yet how loud the quiet is
A subliminal force felt eerily 
In my deepest sacred haven
I yearn for any movement 
Any sign of life
But I never imagined you
Could be the master of this charade...

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Writing on 
thoughts,
that have past
in the mind,
surrounded by the energy
of the green and serene,
ideas wander across the page
and scamper
down the sides.
Trees bend lathargicly
     downward
to arange them
in some sort of order.
Shuffling through dried leaves
and snatching them up,
like knarled old hands,
the little oaks
corral the ideas.
Then the older trees
scoop them up,
tossing them in the air
and offer them to the wind....

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Fairies Gala

Fairies waltz on branches of oak 
In cool, misty haze of morning dawn

translucent wings laced with fine golden strands
fluttering 'midst dense new leaves
glistening in sun light


dew-drenched knarled trees  
guard lush green enchanting place...
Kissed by morning sun

intruders
turn on
sprinklers

~*~
By A. Brigham
For Constance La France's "Nature 4 in 1 Contest"

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