Short Xylem Poems

He climbed atop
an oak on fire
Its sap transformed  
by flames concealed  

Each branch he passed
a year he traded
For what’s unseen
— by heat congealed

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)
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Atop all things is the apex of life.
Perceive all impossible dreams are there
  not to break us.
Enduring all aches and pains may cause us
  along the way 
Xylem of life will always be rewarding 
  at the end of each day....

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Alligators bellowing chorous dance.
Eerie freshwater gator holes.
Intense jaws, killer lizard-like.
Marshes nest offspring, population quickly rebounds.
Southeastern territorial. 
Underwater vegitation. Wetlands xylem.
young zoologist....

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If you would like to have F U N,

When shall we?

Shall we climb into some trees and
Seep our emotions into the autumn leaves?

Follow their transition along the seasons
And cuddle our nervous excitement through
Columns of xylem and phloem?...

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When I needn’t bother to write a phrase,
I can think of a rhyme in a dozen ways.
But when I have to, I sometimes find
I have to think, to use my mind.
I find it like biology class,
For there we get confused so fast.
We have a time telling xylem from phloem--
But I’ll be darned!  I’ve written a poem!


This one I wrote in high school and it was published in a student project booklet....

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Intonation
tonality
Harmony
Pitch
Harmony
Melody
Centra
Ctesibius Xylem Grundfos
1803 the hoes of 1803 were forged
and the handles carved.
Used in areas of gardens
and feilds
the cicadia made
the locals conversationist.
Until "ole Fussy" told
them
"ya'll Bouis shut yo' mouths
foo Gingle Dheeze come
down year and quiet ya'll up!"

"Zum Doop dew Ditty!"
Oh: ooh wee!
Zoom:zoom:zoom: Zoom!"
""scatt dew whatta scatt scatt!"...

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Abundant apples
Bountiful berries
Cool Cucumbers
Dainty dandelions
Energetic egrets
Fragrant flowers
Gratifying greens
Harvested hay
Infinite iguanas
Jumping juniper
Kicking kernels
Lovely lavender
Marvelous maples
Never-ending Nectarines
Opulent opals
Patient penguins
Quaint quail
Rambunctious Ravens
Sanctimonious Swallows
Tenacious Turtles
Unique Unicorns
Voracious Vermin
Wacky Walruses
Xenobiotic Xylem
Yammering Yak
Zippy Zebra...

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Abstract algorithm. Brooding distraction, 
cleverly cloaked in digital fleece.
Enigma encoded. Like so many fireflies,
Hastening gauntly heavenward.
Juniper immolation.
Ides jaundiced light.
Kinetic kites, luminescent in the night. 
Milky Way mighty, northward pointing, 
Occidental wind opens, plumes rising.
Quickened quiet shroud.
Revelation.
Reincarnate.
Souls thin the veil.
Under the upholstered vault,
 xylem-charred waste,
Drawn to the yawning zodiac....

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The xylem saps are heading south
like the majestic autumn sun,
deep down into their woody roots.
Soon deciduous leaves will die
and their exquisite lingering
dissolution's will manifest
tinctured, ephemeral beauty:
crimsons, oranges, yellows and greens
and all the subtle hues in between.
A sweet, earthy scent saturates
the cool, autumnal air we breathe.
Then one by one each leaf succumbs
to a gentle rain or zephyr
descending silently to earth....

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