budding pear hiku
the budding pear
wearing white clusters of pearls . . .
spring's fashionista
...
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Haiku
tribute to wych elm
Categories:
tree,
Form: Haiku
Honey Suckle Trees Take OverHoneysuckle trees have grown all over my yard
What can I do with this? Being a bard….
I counted the ones that are the easiest to see
They came into our house and commandeered our TV
Now a gang, they have a mascot and are wearing colors
We are just the start one told me. There are many others.
They demanded...
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Rhyme
tall treethe tall tree
slivers of sunlight stream
through the lacunas between leaves.
the soil scattered with seeds,
yet dewdrops only adorn
the ripe, red apple....
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Categories:
tree,
Form: Free verse
Shadows Of The ValleyShadows of the Valley
creatures of the dark pitted dome
scantily clad dryads' hissing drones they rally
without souls—pod like, they roam
throughout forests assiduously marled
awoken from the darkest depth
twigs and branches splayed and snarled
shadows of the valley doyennes adept
distracting sheaves as straws
spewing dirt they bask in
on battered brain gnaws
Taken in is florescent energy
of the soldiers asleep wondering lost
deep...
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Categories:
tree, surreal,
Form: Rhyme
Strait Talk
I talk to the trees
and they listen to me
I whisper sweet nothings
they renew the air I breathe
I talk to the trees
tho' they don't respond
beats speaking to myself
in the back of beyond
I talk to the trees
tho' they never reply
my words go unanswered
don't ask them why
I talk to the trees
tho' they have little to say
so the men...
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Categories:
humorous, perspective, psychological, tree,
Form: Rhyme
Under The Tree Where The Bodies HangUnder the tree where the bodies hang
swaying, dancing in the gelid breeze
neath their rotting toes, the children sang;
slow circling a boy; they taunt and tease.
"It's your father and your mother, too,"
they chant, as one, fiery eyes aglow,
"Who dance on the rope, and soon will you."
to the cadence of a cawing crow.
"We'll slice you up and...
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Categories:
tree, horror,
Form: Rhyme
If that oak tree fallsOf that oak tree falls, I may soon be dead.
I stared in disbelief at my cousin Zed.
Why do you have this weird feeling of dread?
He shrugged his shoulders, eating mom’s shortbread.
Sometimes Zed gets weird thoughts into his head.
Why can’t he keep them to himself instead?...
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Categories:
tree, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Along with the thunderAs the smiles in the cloud brighten,
a cloudburst of joy
sends gentle kisses on our rooftops,
pouring down clouded tears—
bottled-up emotions
to quench the thirsts of
humans, plants, animals... and phantoms.
The trees—
with feet rooted deep in earth—
stood humble as a worm.
The birds~
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Categories:
tree, animal, bird, earth, kiss,
Form: Free verse
enticing
Categories:
nature, tree,
Form: Haiku
silent rain
Categories:
rain, tree,
Form: Haiku
Wild CherrySpring brought forth the dusting of grandeur
The blossom exploding from baring bud,
Showering lawns with lilac dander.
A benediction bound in nature’s love.
Branches laden, heavy with flowers
Sweet adulation in perfumed repose,
Beauty distinct fragrant overpowers
Consuming the senses is manic throes.
Then it fruits, its summery shift
To languish berries bright bursting red
For us to pick as the seasonal gift
Before the...
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Categories:
nature, tree,
Form: Sonnet
Eulogy for a BonsaiI have to come clean as I return to see
your ashen corpse and dried leaves
My survival became more important than yours
but now I feel badly.
Humans choose to love their own selves
More than anyone they choose to love
Don’t believe what they say in their poems
I loved you because you would tempt...
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Categories:
tree, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Slipping between Shadows
Gliding into the forest of her mind
woodland sprites take her hand
Guide her effortlessly
...
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Categories:
tree, angel, dark, image, light,
Form: Rhyme
Tears of the Forest
The trees remember what the axe forgets.
The mirth of lovers romping on the loam.
The light that filtered through in golden nets,
and beasts that roamed for shelter in the gloam.
A broken branch still weeps for a birdsong.
Its tears of sap, the proof of unseen scars,
that cling to echoes hoping to prolong,
a splintered life among the fallen...
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Categories:
anger, tree,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Tree Poems
Read wonderful tree poetry on the following sub-topics:
beautiful, christmas, family, haiku, house, life, memorial, oak, personification, planting, rhyme, roots, shape, willow,
and more.
Definition | What is Tree in Poetry?
Poems Related to Tree
sapling, shrub, wood, forest, timber, woods, pulp, stock, seedling, softwood, hardwood, topiary,