Shape Tree Poems

Sacrifice

I was one of many on the Mount of Olives and
every year produced batches of black olives.
Sweet and black, my olives were prized near and...

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I
am
a green
Christmas
tree aglow blinking in the
darkest night
decorated with lights and ribbons
angelic star at the top
and gifts at the base.
I see smile on each and every...

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*Tree*,
*I am*.
*Sprouted at*,
*the dull back yard*.
*When I’m full of life*,
*Men for shade, come to me*.
*When I'm laden with flowers*
*They greatly admire and love me*.
*When I...

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Bounteous bosom,
In cool dazzling rime, 
One posy poem in a ring
Breath freely my dear friend
Read the poem and go waddling
Here, some sweet ziziphus spina christi
From...

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A Conifer

A
Blue Spruce
Born from a cone
Green leaves shaped like needles
Inhale deep draughts carbon dioxide
Provide places for wrens and chickadees to hide
Sticky sap exuded from the...

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This is about a First Time Spirit of the Soul Adventure Looking Eyes around with eyes wide with joy joy joy joy is kisses jubilation...

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forest 
restless fire naked light 
bleeding mist into the morning

and through the silence 
bury the sun 
with me in the roots, pin under gravity 

by...

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From a tiny seed, a seedling grows 
with hopes of becoming a tall and
sturdy tree.
Over time, with love and great care, 
a beautifully vibrant tree...

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Three times it happened, all connected,
Transcending time and space,
Ignited by the key ingredients -
A tree and sky above my face.

Looking up through skeletal winter branches,
The...

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It can take time to find
words to fit a thought,
come together in a link
to make known what was
just a shapeless notion, 
a shadow trying to...

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X
MAS
T R E E
Hand in hand
When our hearts
Beat in rhythm there's
Replacements if we think
Xmas is a fun time every year 
Too bad it couldn't be...

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I
am
Christmas
in a fir tree,
I was born wild,
in a boreal forest.
And I never imagined,
that I would end up lit up,
my branches holding decorations.
I was about...

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Outside my window it does stand, a guardian so grand.
Larger than most, older it seems, is the tree evergreen.

Sinewy bark and leaves do grace a...

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Written: October 22, 2023 For Brian Stand Contest
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Lonesome
gorgeous tree
almost standing...

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I
am
a green
Christmas
tree aglow blinking in the
darkest night
decorated with lights and ribbons
angelic star at the top
and gifts at the base.
I see smile on each and every...

Read More