satisfied walnut tree
walnut tree was now slightly blemished
deer had done lots of damage
getting his antlers off
tree did not mind
felt like a willing partner
available every year
he smiled as white tail flew into thicket
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Categories:
walnut tree, tree,
Form: Free verse
- Walnut Tree -
The old walnut tree in the meadow weep
Time had arrived her strains in sorrow steep
Echoes of a nameless and powerful storm break in
I feel shivers on my bare skin
I would like to touch and hug it, before it dies
The roots of the tree pointing up towards the skies
In the backyard of mourning, distant in all
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Categories:
walnut tree, cry, death, nature,
Form: Couplet
Haiga
walnut tree in fruit
best pickled green eat with cheese-
carved Chinese treasure
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Categories:
walnut tree, nature,
Form: Haiku
A Walnut Tree
a walnut tree -
the fruits of its labor
spilled at its feet
April 29, 2018
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Categories:
walnut tree, tree,
Form: Haiku
The Walnut Tree
As I passed my wicket fence
The ageing walnut tree,
Showered me with withered leaves
And said something to me;
That it stood since ages past
But I had never seen,
Crimson light upon its leaves
Thus how twilight had been;
I glimpsed not the sparrow's nest
That lay upon its bough,
Few spotted eggs closeted
Though which the night winds
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Categories:
walnut tree, death,
Form: Verse
The Walnut Tree
as my fears subside the tree I planted in spring is showing growth
Written Aug 18, 2016 For John Hamilton's Monoku Madness Contest
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Categories:
walnut tree, feelings, growth,
Form: Monoku
The Walnut Tree
Once summer green
then Autumn gold
bedecked this ancient tree-
Today silhouette laid bare
misletoed in winter frieze.
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Categories:
walnut tree, nature, seasons, autumn,
Form: Imagism