Short Tree Stump Poems

etched on a tree stump.
the carved memories of us
lasting through the years...

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Splashing of bullfrog
Catfish under old tree stump
Turtles on a log

By Robb A. Kopp...

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I fell in love with a tree stump
It’s five foot two and lovingly plump
Wood is my life 
My wonderful wife
I clean the splinters in me teeth from her rump...

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He really was as dumb as a tree stump
Carried all his weight in his big old rump
But I fell for his line
And made him all mine
'Cause he was as sweet as dear Forest Gump

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Some words in English can't be mistaken
Like “SNUBBED”, a silly word that leaves people shaken
If you've been “SNUBBED”
Or if you've been clubbed
With a tree stump or bitten by a croc on vacation... ?...

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With chinchilla glass
ocean waves lapping my toes
fancy flights take off.

Wren pecks at my thoughts
as it perches on tree stump
posing as prince toad.

Caveat flashing light
intrudes in my dreamy state
warns me to leave prince...

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bees frozen
as fossils not
caught in stone
but in petrified
tree stump
combs

trapped bringing
back the treats
that treat their
queen like
the queen
she is

but no matter the age
even ancient sweets
can be eaten
would you 
care for a cup of
eucalyptus tea...

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Secrets,
now memories,
piggybacked through summer.
On handlebars, calloused fingers
steered dirt bikes to an emerald kingdom.
Two boys, on tree stump thrones, ruled worms
unearthed with splendid crowns
of sundrenched leaves,
carefree.   


Written 2/27/17...

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A fallow tree stump
ritualized by the empty
Bath of Salvation
creeping painfully as if
thrown by the wayside
The retort of schoolchildren
smoothed by the evenness
of taken innocence
Arisen from a fruitless slumber
Clamoring for the germane
but destined to be wholly
irrelevant...

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Why would someone fall in love with a stump

   I submit that there may be such a chump

      It seems so very bizarre

         But I suppose that there are

            Some blokes as gullible as Forrest Gump

© Entry for Matt Caliri's "I Fell In Love With A  Tree Stump" Contest...

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See you there:

in the Garden
or the Meadow
Beside a tree stump
Maybe on a Heaven bound train

Meet you there:

By the pool
near that stream
in a cinema complex
Perhaps
even a Mcdonald's or
a Burger King

I'll still be there:

When you need me
If you want a friend
Sharing a cup of coffee
A little stroll through the park...

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Thump, Thump, Thump
I fell in love with a tree stump.
One look at her and I had a hard lump.
She batted her eyes at me and my heart went kerplunk.
For her love and admiration, I’d smell like a million skunks.
In a tub of ice water, for her I’d take a dunk.
To me that girl is more than just a stump.
She makes my heart go thump thump thump!...

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I followed the rain today
Through the wooded dry –
And when land crested
Caught only one drop –

I chased the sun today
Through cloudless sky –
And when day peaked
Caught only one ray –

I sat on a tree stump 
Under falling dusk -
Examining the vastness
Of this incompleteness –

And when night fell
Found myself saturated –
By the drop of rain
Placed in my eye to run –...

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Awoke to see a snowy sight
Glistening pristine overnight
Joyful shouts, a child’s delight

An open doorway front and back
Welly footprints forming a track
Frosty breaths, a snowball’s thwack

Excited children with a plan
“Mum, may we build a huge snowman”
Inventive minds used trash can

It’s base, sturdy as a tree stump
Well covered with each snowy dump
Snow head a misshapen lump


Date 1/19/21...

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Most of the fey were sleeping the day the tree stump came alive
She had the most glorious hair, and the prettiest smile.
She gathered woodland flowers and decorated herself.
A handful were silenced by her gorgeous transformation

Will she remain human or resume her life as a stump?
It was a quandary best answered in the future.
She was a story teller, a nurturer, and a nature lover.
They appreciated her, knowing she could change back at any time....

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He sat upon a tree stump 
Nestled high on a wheat covered hill
He contemplated life
And if he could find 
More f#$ks to give
Patience is a virtue 
He learns from his mistakes
But now he'll move in silence
With every decision that he makes
Though it feels 
As if reality 
Is tighting like a noose 
The vail may drop a little lower
To reveal the truths he already knew
So his advice to the world
More so, 
A forgotten youth
Perception is the key
Failure, 
Is success, 
That blooms...

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