Tagged: trees
trees part for every
trees part for every
sunset, cradling the light
until someone blinks
.
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somewhere near man-made
somewhere near man-made
borders, trees make a run for
it, refusing to
comply, to be complicit
in non-ideal conditions
.
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happiness grows on
happiness grows on
trees – which need watering, sunlight,
and enough care and
attention to make it through the
dark times, just like any other
.
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in mama’s backyard,
in mama’s backyard,
our twin dogwood trees compete
for her attention,
not unlike the way we all
light up when she turns our way
.
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when we said goodbye
when we said goodbye
to the Toona sinensis
and the Hibiscus
syriacus this afternoon,
no one came to pay their respects
.
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perhaps the trees of
perhaps the trees of
our childhood are imprinted
in our memories
in an ageless reflection,
determined, yet fallible
.
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maybe sixty-point-
maybe sixty-point-
eight percent of humans have
fond memories of
a tree from their childhood or
adulthood – always looking up
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: fond
the twin dogwoods in
the twin dogwoods in
our backyard will always have
each other, in the
way the southern magnolia
between them never understood
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: dogwoods
your dad trimmed your trees
your dad trimmed your trees
for the neighbor’s fire pit, folks pitch
in when they can – when
did down-home hospitality
become another illusion
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: hospitality
we all do it now
we all do it now
and then
and eventually,
gnarl between and
beyond
varying states of
recognition, twist
like willow
or bonsai, contort
like oak. i am
looking at you
and discovering
someone
else. you are not
looking at me
and seeing
with clarity
.
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