Short Sycamore Poems

whisper in the sycamore - a murmur of starlings...

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crows gather
on sycamore bones -
bleak winter

4/29/2018...

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O sycamore seed!
how you descend on a wing,
to the earth below....

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Wind carrying seed

sycamore helicopters-

sister spinning wool....

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night
so full
of grace
revealing
her
white pearl
sycamore
moon...

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the death of me late
the very dream of your time
how do you find one?...

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sycamore eyes
upon 
their 
soul
ascending towards
the 
River Styx...

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a sycamore tree
  its branches raised to heaven
      a woodpecker pounds

8/20/19...

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The sun
Stretching her
Round orange disk
Against the restless
Bone-white sycamore trees...

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the sycamore tree's 
white bark color of fresh snow..
last gold leaf spirals  ...

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Lord, hearing me
From the soul of
Sycamore leaves
Showing their
Tenderness
Touching the
Wooden sky...

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sycamore swaying-
rooks nesting high
midst the bursting buds-
stick by stick each gust unpicks
a patient labour of love...

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Haunted silver moon
Play your melodic tune
Thirsty moonlight dwells 
Behind the shoulders of
The Indian white Sycamore trees...

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big bold leaves falling
sycamore is shedding fast
paper white trunk stark

written October 6, 2021...

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Awaken old
Sycamore tree
Fire and brimstone eyes
Branches etch
The stars of night
Believe that
The sky is 
Falling, falling...

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I caught the
Eyes of this
Bashful moon,
Staring at me,
Hiding behind
This white
Sycamore tree
I ran and 
Shouted with glee...

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every leaf
upon
the
ghost white 
sycamore tree
possess a soul
seeking truth
from
thee
and
not to perish
from
the earth...

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sycamore trees
uproot 
themselves
To 
walk among 
the 
graves
to 
dwell inside 
the 
souls of men
and
walk
Among the graves...

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Warm summer afternoon
Seven Ravens 
from Sycamore tree
descend
one by one
landing on velvet green - 
As Butterfly
flitters away - 
Free...

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Forget-me-not sprigs
for the nipper of figs
and dandelion soup set a boil
The sycamore tree
leans ever toward me
crowned in humility: loyal....

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ghost white 
sycamore trees
in peace and solitude
that watch
over me
i have
this bond with thee
young autumn 
come take
our leaves...

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when
the
eyes of loneliness
are
clear
that
dive into
the 
sea of fear
and
doubt grab hold of me
i see
the 
ghostwhite moon
through
the
sycamore tree...

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sycamore tree stands
alone in the small valley...
no pollinator  


not based on fact could be self-pollinating
Check out "About This Poem"...

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A shelter for man and birds
With green mulberry-like leaves
Known for Zachaeus' salvation
When he met Jesus






For Francine Roberts' contest:'Flowers,Trees,Grass or Bees'...

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giant sycamore
                                             branches reaching to heaven --
                                                        a shady haven


          2/19/2013...

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