Tree Watch Poems

Cautioned to look out for the shadow tree
She is spiderlike with white tentacles
Her venom kills on Halloween night
We screamed at her when they turned out...

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velvet once the leaves 
once on the trees now falling 
to fall unto the
~
bronze and golden lands 
ground colors of orange browns
 and tans...

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I remember how she would watch me coming in late from playing in the fields in a new pair of slacks,
whiteness between my ribs shooting...

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Why I don't watch the news 

When I look out of my window I see a peaceful oak tree , a little Robin,  a...

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The morning sun’s oppressive; a nasty b*tch in heat on Rizal Avenue,
Where vendors hawk their cigarettes, baloot, and dog meat barbecue.
The jeepneys buzz the intersection...

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I Lullaby at Dusk

(for Father Johnnie E. Ross)

While today I missed the dawn, 
I refuse to let the dusk pass, too, being
The chance to see...

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Verdant yard shines in pure greenness.
I admire it from my couch on the porch. 
Cat rubs my body trying to make his nest.
Arrogant butterfly walks...

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Flowing in the wind ~ And blowing off the trees 
Landing in my backyard ~ A million colored leaves
Leafless branches broken ~ Spread out on...

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SPRING WATCH

I have just spent the last two hours, looking up a duck bum
Wasn’t until the duck sprung a dozen kids did it get any...

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platinum and grey

against the sky

it starts to rain

clouds silver linings break

birds tucked away in the trees

are quiet now

water gathers down paths

collected by gravity

intensity varies from

down...

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Santa Storm Watch

Santa stopped by one winter’s night for cookies
He had something else on his mind
There was apprehension behind those Sparkling eyes
Yet he maintained a...

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It was Halloween night
Joe took a ride to town
He looked in his mirror
Joe began to frown

Something was right behind him
What he was seeing, couldn't be
Figured...

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If you go skiing, watch out for the trees.
 This is a warning, take heed if you please.

 Some would tell you this I'm sure,
...

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I sit and watch the passer-byes
Not staring back my curious eyes,
I wear a mask of oak-like tree
To knot the stodginess in me

Walk, they do in...

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Soaring high above the grassy terrain,
Which renders much more than daily grain.
The waving grass is inviting me aground,
But cautiously first I'll just look around.

Effortlessly floating...

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