Planting Tree Poems

silent oak tree sentinel guards my yard
I call him Old Mister
he drops acorns that try to grow new oak trees
they land in a cinder piles,...

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Matsuo Basho English Translations of haiku about spring, birds, bats, butterflies, flowers, sun, cherry.

Seeing them naked
almost makes me caress
the wanton flowers.
—Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael...

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I didn’t plant that garden tree
But thinking, I just let it be
I knew I should have cut it out
But felt within to let it sprout

And...

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A whispered wish, longing soil deep,
Touch the stars; all are called to weep
Trillions of lifetimes, we shall strive,
To grasp the heavens, to truly thrive

But distance...

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Teenagers if you date
Date with tree planting. 

If you have a car
Plant ten trees. 

Plant, plant, plant trees
Continue planting trees. 

Clean your environment 
Plant trees...

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orange tree guarded the woman’s fantasies daily
She visited him often with her pony dog Bailey
sometimes they would drag along a yellow duck
He had a hoarse...

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pushing back the soil 
planting life into the ground 
nature does the rest...

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Strophe
I
O ancient cedar tree so grand and wise
In BC’s old growth forest ,I found thee
I sat beneath your trunk and asked advice ;
I sensed the...

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Pine needles bow in the wind,
considerate hosts, as I enter the brief forest.
Pine cones throw their great bodies with effort 
from the branches, following their...

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It is better to plant your own tree than to stone someone else's fruits 

May 18, 2023...

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Haiku Translations I

As the monks sip their morning tea,
chrysanthemums quietly blossom.
—Matsuo Basho, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

The fragrance of plum blossoms
on a foggy path:
the...

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You’ve all seen me, on your walks, your travels - the lonely tree
If you have had a thought - your probably would have just said,...

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By George P. Lumayag

The birds tweet to the architect
to support Urban Tree Planting.

Its principle to plant trees is innate;
but a tree on the gutter symbolizes
of...

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Marigolds with your ruffled edges and your prissy girly ways,
You uplift me on my most almost horrific downward days.
Lilacs fragrances wafting about in every one...

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Tree planting

We, schoolchildren, were sent to a field to plant trees
I was given a handful of samplings and a mall spade
the soil was black and...

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