Short Redwoods Poems

majestic redwoods
blanket of emerald moss
silent cathedral...

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A mighty old oak
Like California’s redwoods
Tough old sentinel....

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ancient trees fell hard
moss tenderly blankets them
new life emerges...

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towering redwoods
coastal fog drips from their boughs —
echoes of dewdrops...

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upon first
seeing the towering redwoods
so awed I whispered
cathedral,
a living cathedral...

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such dreams come
sleeping under redwoods
the night sky and I
breathe stars and know
the dreans are real...

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grand glory

adorns skyward kings -

redwoods rule






... CayCay Jennings
April 30, 2018...

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How wise, the mind of a tree.
California redwoods must
Harbor a million stories.
Listen with your soul.
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The grove of redwoods;
Silent, an ancient stillness,
Soothing and serene --
I once saw a goddess there,
Eyes of night and starlight hair....

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Massive straight mountain
Cold formitable laden
With snow very cold

How can those redwoods
Survive harsh environment
Standing straight tall green...

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giant redwoods stand
                                   emerald branches rise up
                                     casting wooden spells





Written on 2/15/2017...

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Blue
soft, subtle,
calming, cooling, refreshing,
sunrise, waterfalls, redwoods, sunsets,
stimulating, daring, exciting, 
passionate, seductive, 
Red...

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Titans tilting, tangibly human windmills
Swaying sentries, harboring haloed witness 
  Lofted coal mines, timber canary cages  
            Whispers from redwoods


    Bite Size Poem no34 Poetry Contest...

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From rime comes revival;
The old is renewed.
Genesis;
A hint of revitalization;
Breathing fresh life
And casting a revitalized shadow.

Rooted redwoods edge the bud,
Preserving the potential of what will be....

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Big Bear I met her there
She was in the snow.
San Clemente
By the sea
Her hair golden brown.
Arcata
I like her,
Her redwoods running free.

from the book The Brooklyn Sunflower by author Patrick Edward Tarpey...

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heavenward
stretch
the
tallest
redwoods
dreams
to
reach
celestial
heights




AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on January 26, 2019 for contest HEAVENLY MONOKU sponsored by KIM RODRIGUES  -  RANKED 1ST...

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redwoods
watch the surge
of ocean waves…
silently they guard my
frailty

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Writing Challenge 1 – May Contest
Sponsored by Dear Heart
Theme 2
Placed 2nd
© 10th May 2019...

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The
Mountains
Bring me so
Much peace inside
I love to go there to talk to my Lord
I know a place that is so beautiful
Giant Redwoods
Majestic
Touch the
Sky
The
Silence
Broken by
A waterfall
Crystal clear reflections from up above...

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Redwoods cloaked in green
home to golden birds, singing
up in true blue skies
So ancient and prodigious
hailing the stars and the moon

Redwood rosy morn
redwood soaked in the sunset
with silent breezes
Lord of the dark green forest
still in its vigorous youth...

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Waltzing ‘mongst the redwoods she now meanders
Shyly smiling, candid in guileless virtue
Feeling carefree, gleeful, of threats unwary...
Progress encroaches.


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Sapphic Stanza Contest
Sponsor: William Kekaula

© 21st January 2019...

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Can you hear me?
Can you hear my call?
The call across the nation
through the valleys and to
the redwoods that stand so tall.

Echo's from history sting the wind
as each day goes on, again and again. 
Repeating lessons we still have not learned,
Will my human children heal our wounded world?...

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    Each limb could write a thousand books,  --


                        as wind investigates the pages







______________________________
For Brian's Contest~ 'As You Like It'...

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As fine an inspiration
The redwood trees are
They still are too huge
To fall down off of
Listening to an Enya song
Covering my heart with music
Soothing the grumpy soul
That lies deep within
Maybe I’ll dance
Under the stars bright
Grooving to the moves of night
Taking down these redwoods
Till the morning light

Russell Sivey...

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My neighborhood boasts trees so grand,
Their emerald smiles stretch through the land.

The Redwoods rise, so proud, so high,
The palms reach wide beneath the sky.

The oaks give back in countless ways,
The deciduous shine in season's praise.

I cherish their bond, so pure, so true,
Their kindness is all they ever knew.
...

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pines
fragrance
the woodland
with their rugged
air is crammed with a pungent aroma

Branches of redwoods arching to the skies
like the cleansed breath
Knotted stems
unspoiled
Grows.

A Tetractys poem is a form of poetry consisting of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 syllables (total of 20)


Written: January 3, 2022...

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