Short Palisade Poems

barren palisade
horned rams prance rocky redoubt
wolf pack scales rampart...

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HELL'S WINTER

Palisade fires
canvassing hell here on earth;
hot flames rioting!...

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A wise old oak,    the image of a long dead god.
Staves of mystery and fate,   nine horses all unshod.
Ancient youthful rays,   a gray stone palisade.
A sword that has scarce drawn blood,    blackthorn and a bit of nightshade....

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Trees are gifts from God 
Rooted, trunked, and barked with love—
We are as God’s trees:-

In labors of love,
Let’s palisade life with love—
Our branches shading:-

Let our lovely leaves
Be as those carpeting love—
Nourishing its grace:-

Let’s fruit pregnant seeds;
Germinating peace and love:
Blooming liberty:-

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Let us disembark,
Leaving Middle Passage holes,
Let us hit the road:-

God is our engine,
Motoring us up the way;
Hope and faith fueling:-

Time waits for no one,
We need to hit the pedal;
It’s time to speed up:-

With eyes on the prize,
Let us shift to overdrive;
Mountaintop ahead:-

The sun is rising,
Palm trees palisade the road
The dream arriving:-
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This wooded throng of ancient trees,
this green palisade of arboreal memories
bid me dream with them,
as I pass among there overarching spreads.

If a mindful muse, were imagined,
under a green canopy such as these,
from my thoughts, all manner
of myths and legends would flourish,

and none would seem unreal,
but just the natural outgrowth of a wisdom
that these green and forested giants
impart to the roots of being....

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