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Short Offshoots Poems

Short Offshoots Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Offshoots by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Offshoots by length and keyword.


Premium Member Twigs
as we mortals trim
trees do not pare their offshoots ~
sense of nail and flesh


08 October 2021...

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Categories: offshoots, humanity, life, satire, tree,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member honeysuckle tree
honeysuckle tree
blossoms rain on summers day
yellow parachutes

she grows renegade
her offshoots grow wild too
commandeer the yard...

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Categories: offshoots, tree,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Familial Relationships
A spider plant* with many offshoots --
The mother firmly holds onto her little girl's hand at the nursery.


*Chlorophytum comosum...

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Categories: offshoots, analogy, daughter, family, image, metaphor, mother,
Form: Imagism
Combat Boots
I used to love my combat boots.
In O.D. green I felt grassroots.
Sporty shorts and long straight hair
Any whistle got my glare.
My favorites, now, are boots’ offshoots!

© February 8, 2011
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen...

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Categories: offshoots, funny, history
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Who Is To Blame
Who planted the wild berry bush?
I am not raising my hand quickly 
Yet I know it was me

She has eleven offshoots
Taking over my garden
Ruining my flowers

I cannot annihilate her
Now that she has these followers
And to think I started the whole thing...

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Categories: offshoots, tree,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Apple Legends
Sapling apple stems,
once pushed into warm earth,
root with excitement...
their graceful naked branches
reach high into autumn's sky

Willowy offshoots
are pointing upwards
to drink in the sun...
a legacy of knowing  
what nature has intended




In honor Of Brian's Contest: "Up To Ten Lines"...

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Categories: offshoots, nature, seasons,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member We Are
” You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars.” -Desiderata We put down roots and bear our fruits. With dear offshoots, we are like trees. Stars wink their eye, burn bright and die. No asking why - we are like these! For A Strand (1070) Poetry Contest
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Categories: offshoots, life, people, universe,
Form: Verse
Rooting For 8 To 5
Rooting for 8 to 5

Atop the hill an Oak tree stands tall,
With seedlings dropping to the grown in fall,
While nestled beneath, winters white blanket of snow,
Mysterious rooting begins, with offshoots ready to grow,
Soon on display, Mother Natures’ spring fashion show.  

Written © 1/4/16
Submitted for: Rooting For 8 to 5 – Poetry Contest 
Sponsored By: Nette Onclaud...

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Categories: offshoots, allusion, appreciation, beauty, birth, creation, growth, nature,
Form: Free verse
You As a Tree of Life
Maybe you ignore it.

You as a Tree of Life radiate sparks; 
successive generations of offshoots.
Offshoots of the second, third... generation. 

Sparks of your own greatness 
enlighten successive generations.

Afterwards the primal tree burns and self-destructs
but that beneficial destruction
spreads and radiates over all of them,
sparks alike golden fireworks from heaven....

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Categories: offshoots, allegory, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Leaving the Close Proximity
i stand as a human
with limbs 
roots
offshoots
and plenty of chlorophyll
blood and protein
know what i mean?
i live the star life
not the rock star life
i live on a rock
one  rock  helps
keep balance from another
rock
... the moon, the earth
the moon is leaving like a tree
she can't take the earth's b.s. anymore
the party has been fun and ash 
for her
but 
now
she needs her space (perpetual)
and the 45 tilt will ebb
will you and i 
see it?
no,
but my roots will...

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Categories: offshoots, places, science, space, star, star,
Form: Free verse

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