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Best Arboretum Poems


At the Arboretum
At the Arboretum

Two walked the gardens on that day;
(Only one seen on the rock pathway)
One struck with pansies, lilies, greens!
The Other in peace enjoys the scene.

A rustling breeze was softly blowing 
Waterfalls trickled as gentle rain
Beauty not stagnant, ever growing
Lifting the weight of all mental...

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Categories: arboretum, beauty, blessing, faith,
Form: Quatrain
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A New Sun
Shining through leaves...
a golden canopy of Light...

and the calling-after voice
of an insistent mother, rises, instructs,
and dies away

and all of it:  the breeze, the whispers, the passing occasional car, the children's laughter

floods into a montage of sound
that fills... everything!

and I am one man,...

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Categories: arboretum, grief, heaven, life, loss,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things