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An Oak

I have never seen a living thing
That looked so very dead--
Lacking elegance and color,
Seeming dolorous, instead.

And its limbs were much distorted,
Like an old, arthritic hand,
As it leaned there, hunched and crooked,
As if it hurt to stand.

But while it had the look of death
It bestowed the coolest shade,
Leaving me to wonder why...
This God so oddly made?

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The Garden Trader

The Honeybees all gather...
Without an estimate--or chart--
And peruse the garden gracefully,
And give the rose its start.

And exchanging their sweet nectar--
As a rare commodity--
Trade stocks of yellow orchards--
Absent any trading fee!

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Heaven Must Be Lovely

Heaven must be lovely 
Having seen a flower grow—
The mountains, or a sweep of sea,
Do they not touch the soul?

The sunlight on a palm tree,
Or a swell of leafy green—
Heaven must be lovely,
Given all that I have seen!

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The Snow It Fell Like Feathers

The snow , it fell like feathers--
a downy kind of drift, but
Spring; although on the rise, 
was not yet fully'here.
Then the sky began to rain--or weep,
Though I have no reason why--
But I think that it was saddened
By the  how quickly winter passed us by.
But for every tear the sky did shed,
A blade od grass did grow...
Teaching me a lesson that,
Before I didn't know.
A cycle it was--before my eyes,
Life's grand way to carry on.
Throw a stream or two about the land, 
And watch the Salmon spawn.
"A miracle! A miracle!," 
I yelled with all my might..
I believe I'll look quite differently
At the stars that shine tonight!

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Dear Emily

Dear Emily, do you still write
of loneliness--and bees?
Do you upon some distant cloud--
The Angels dare to please?

And though mortals loss--are you--
The Heavens precious gain?
Would--for one last poems sake--
The King let you remain!

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A Rose Belongs Not In a Vase

A Rose belongs not in vase,
But on a thorny vine--
In shades of white, or yellow,
Or hues like scarlet wine.

And God forbid a dozen
Be held hostage in some room--
Slowly dying day by day
In the Housewife's comely tomb.

But spring will resurrect them
In their shades of red, and white--
As the honeybees each celebrate,
And the butterflies delight!

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A Needlepoint of Stars

A needlepoint of stars I see,
When falls the darkest night;
In fact, the fewer stars I see
When the nearest is most bright!

For by darkness do I count the stars,
And of late, the sky’s aglow—
How very odd this paradox 
Is most clearly what I know!

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Her Love Was Deeply Hidden

Her love was deeply hidden...
Deeply hidden in disguise,
But I discovered it by chance
Deeply hidden in her eyes.

And that indeed was torment,
For she had to look away--
Promised to another man
Whom she didn't see that way.

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Spring Has Brought Her Wings

So spring has brought her wings again...
Now once more she can fly--
Fluttering either here--or there,
With no one asking why?

And I wonder where she'll travel...
Will she dare to fly away?
No, she'll dare not leave the grove--
It's been too long this way!

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Tears

I was seated in the front row;
It was the wedding planner's plan--
And there before my very eyes
My son became a man.

And so I sat there--all alone,
As I fought a stubborn tear--
Determined it would not prevail
With so many seated near.

But the tear returned an army,
As they breached the southern wall--
Offering no quarter,
And no compromise, at all.

So I gave up, though reluctantly,
Having lost a noble fight--
As the tears rolled on in victory
For the balance of the night.