Metaphor Tree Poems

Trees’ leaves were ripped off,
leaving nakedness behind
with teasing winter:-

Nude trees not ashamed
as winter winds teased them;
their hope barked in spring:-

Through thrusting winter,
naked trees never gave...

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Barked with nature's firm hope,

Branches of nature's strong faith,

Sappers of nature's sweet love:-

Embers of crucufixion,

Leaves of reesurrection borne:-

Roots bearing tribulations:

Trunking annunciation:-...

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In this charming retreat,
the silence of nature and hills talk to me,
whispers of forgotten tales in the breeze,
of hidden secrets of times bygone,
an era of...

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I stand barefoot on the cold moss,
the forest breathing around me,
each leaf a whisper,
each tree a silent witness to my thoughts.
The earth beneath me is...

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I wish I could tell you
And have you understand
That you are you,
And I am me.
We put so many years between us
And in all that time...

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a tale of trees

trees in the
forest of life
are populated
with leaves
Of secret lovers
and others
who have
tarried beneath
their shade
and their branches
have held hopes
Swinging high
and low
and their
trunks 
have known
hugs...

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You and I
Were once two trees–
Two budding saplings
Placed too close
To grow together

An Upstate transplant,
My midwestern limbs,
Opened wide to hold you,
Casting too much shade
On your bright...

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IN SAGE TREED INSPIRATION

Standing in the forested arena
Beneath one of the multiplicities 
Of the ethnicities of barked sage trees
Reining in the mutual oneness
Of the equanimity...

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“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood….”

Robert,
You let the split remain unresolved,
and while we stand in awe,
staring at your crossroads
etched in gold and shadow,
do you...

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Harsh is the time of your birth
The bleaching sun, taking away all beauty of the earthly jade.
But out of this parched season,
You bring forth the...

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You will know a tree
By its fruit
You will know the fruit
By its tree
A good tree will
Produce good fruit
A bad tree will
Produce bad fruit
A good fruit...

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Long, long ago
in the dense 
warm
rainforest
where our ancestors
swung from treetops
in the canopy,

someone fell -
a slipped grip,
a jammed finger
or caught tail -
down, down
down

they must have caught...

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the hands of the Lord
 Father engaging me He 
solely covers and 
~
holds me amidst self
I be more than just a leaf 
branch I'm a...

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If there are trees around you,
you are not alone
and never will be

If you and I were trees
I would lean toward you
and share my soil 
our...

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