Short Treetop Poems

Yonder treetop veil
Under its thick canopy
Formless shadows dance

8.10.18...

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treetop hawk
drama unfolding
~ typical morning



posted on August 2, 2018...

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fragrant morning glows ~
as lovebirds kiss on treetop
baby buds wake up





25 February 2021...

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a treetop cloud sails
                tranquilly beneath a pond
                 shedding autumn's hues...

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Baby shock in the treetop;
When wind blows with speed.
Baby shock by the crackling;
When the sound exceed....

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angel on treetop
tattered--irreplaceable---
placed there year she died



Won 8th

For Andrea's contest...

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timber ~ echoes loud
             silent treetop in the clouds
               crashes from its shroud 

By
David Kavanagh...

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“And there was light… “

Golden radiance 
Treetop waves glow pure brightness.
Warming all that lives.

© Dane Smith-Johnsen
April 9, 2010...

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cider is magic so clear

from each sip autumn is near

and all will confess

from treetop to press

orchards raise blessed good cheer.
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cold’s fire rages
against dawn’s smoldering clouds
calliope colors sing
a treetop chorus
sad songs of jubilation
fulfilling soft budded dreams...

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the highest treetop--

is mirrored through the clear eyes

of a small firefly




Traditional Haiku  #2 Contest
 of Shadow Hamilton
7/1/2015...

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shooting star leaves light    
     kiss on distant treetop while 
          skipping out of sight


HONORABLE WINNER
Contest by Kaye
All Poetry
July 31, 2021...

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Once upon a "love"! 

Let us leave the treetop and
Land safely on ground! 

Thus says the squirrel to sweetheart 
After they were soaring aloft
once upon a "love"!...

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SEPTEMBER



Leaves were at the treetop
Now they are round the bottom
Wind’s  in gusts and just won’t stop
I must be ankle deep in autumn



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Lined up like third-graders 
on the fence of a deserted ballfield
after a week of Indian summer – 
cast-off sweaters, mittens, coats.
From a treetop, birds recite
the morning lesson....

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If I told you treetop angels could fly, you'd say, "What?"
But you might fly too if you had a tree up your butt





December 17, 2018
For Andrea’s “Cute Christmas Couplet” contest...

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treetop canary
singing under cobalt skies ~
unseen midst green leaves


Canary
Syllable count checked with Howmanysyllables
Written on 8/14/2021
For: Songbird haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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the sun rose lemon
wildflowers speckled the grass
marigold gardens

the skies were orange
with touches of red and mauve
the wind burst with sound

colorful birds sang
their mystery treetop songs
green days of summer...

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glowing fragrant June
so lustrous on black waters
rare are golden nights

most green croaking frogs
slow fireflies at hide and seek
treetop lullabies

sweet summer midnight
in dreams I feel moon's caress
pouring through the panes...

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Over
The treetop
Into the sky
Noticed a passing cloud
Pinkish

Turning
Its color
To that of grey
Beauty like no other
Darker

Night sky
It turns to
Black like the night
No light to refract off
The cloud

Russell Sivey...

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a whirlwind of leaves
colorfully swirling down
orchard apples red

treetop songs of spring
paths of wonder newly green
color explosion

cold flurries snow white
icicles Christmas tree love
distant sun beaming

Rose in the garden
jasmine flowers in her hair
feverish sunshine...

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Chickadee chirping on the tree,
Let's swing free, let's swing free,
Robin rocking on the treetop,
Jump and hop, jump and hop;

Woodpecker wonders in the sun,
Let's have fun, let's have fun,
A blue jay blitzes through the din,
Sing to win, sing to win.



02/15/19
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Birds singing to dawn's delight
 Sweet songs in the morning light
 Balmy breeze, and the elm sways
 Treetop tunes on summer days
 Blooms blush where gardens grow
 Red roses in sunshine's glow
 Butterflies fluttering by

 8-15-2022
 Rhyming Alliterisen- aabbccd
7 Lines, 7 syllables per line...

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newly born sparrows 
oval blue broken eggshells~ 
feathered brown and white   

ready for take-off 
mother watching from treetop~ 
first flight- crash landing

second flight better 
siblings curiously watch~ 
empty- is the nest

Songbird Haiku Poetry Contest 
Tania Kitchin- Sponsor 
8/13/2021...

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It knows its own voice
When light shines 
through its leaves; made
For bird prodigies.  

Sun is hung up to stay
In green notes high and low.
Through its veins, there is
a rhythm for the gifted stems 
to grow.

When my soul's tune cannot
be read, and is ragged-prone,
I hear the wind within its branches;
It reaches out for the bruise—
To home....

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