Tree Woman Poems

Oh, Mother Earth, our sacred home,
Where we have life and freedom to roam.
Your beauty vast, your glut grand,
A gift to all, across the land.

Yet we...

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The throne of the crow 
Dominates their subjects below
Scanning each plot of sow 
For the murders they can overthrow.
The two withered branches from the tallest...

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It started with a blank canvas,
the world I should make but I am anxious.
Making fields of pretty flowers,
to the deep blue seas takes many hours.
Mountains...

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During the early morning summer hours,
   A cardinal flew to the ground, and chose
   The most radiant of all the flowers—
It...

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Exquisite Athenian goddess bronzed, a creation from God’s own hand,
Sculptured in your mother’s womb, that suckled Beauty from her breast,
As she gently fondled dreams to...

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Dainty sweet pixie woman seen through yonder coconut tree
Has superior monarch markings on her chest and one knee
Heard that her singing voice is even more...

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The leaves, 
same as the body of a young woman, 
writhe when cold, 
when warm in color, 
screams of vinyl pleasure to remain unforgettable. hide...

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Red Oak menstruates in the heat of summer
Beech and maples stand back from her labor
Moonlight lifts her skirt
Wind drifts through her leaves

She stomps in circles...

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Ono no Komachi Translations

These are my modern English translations of the ancient Japanese poems of Ono no Komachi…

"It's over!"
Your words drizzle like dismal rains,
bringing tears,
as...

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Within a loft,
In her svelte dress,
Comfy and soft,
She holds her champagne,
Glass,
Upon her stilletos,
With tender,
And lovely sass,

Within maple tree caress,
Her cabaret heels,
Sweetly,
Upon the green grass,
She holds...

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She must of been,
An autumn maple tree,
The way her canopy,
Embraces the green hues,
Innate gold,
And sheds her cares,
Like dresses and leaves
Reynaldo Casison...

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Its been many summers,
And many moons,
Since Ive been,
On the shore,
With you,

All the pretty flowers,
Under the willow tree,
Have grown,
And sway,
With your grace,
They bow,
To the sublime moon,
With...

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She has caressed the grace of twilight,
beauty, in the fine fibers of a purple dress,

And I have felt in a gaze,
Its gregarious sanctities,
A rose moon...

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Mango tree,
Lovely and beautiful,
As a salsa lady,
You are exotic,
And tropical splendors,
Your leathery sultry petals,
With fine and rare warmth,
Dress the body,
Of your surreal canopy,
In the enchanted...

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Some like her,
Hot,
As a summer breeze,
Some like her,
Cool,
As a palm tree on a beach,
Some like her,
Naked,
As a spring ocean wave,
Some like her,
Dressed,
As a Midnight sky,
With...

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