A Poem as Lovely as a Tree

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Open Poetry #45

A Poem as Lovely as a Tree

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2009-07-05 06:50 AM

When glow of sunset pink defines the edge
Of cypress trees and rows of hemlock hedge
Before it melts into the floral hues
Of lavender and periwinkle blues

When stretching shadows gather field and lake
Into their arms as though a dire mistake
Consuming every color high and low
And wrapping them in darkness as they go

When some say poetry can never be
As splendid and as lovely as a tree
I say, let creeping shadows of the night
Douse every limb and every leaf in flight

Then when the twilight has erased the day
Let pretty little stars come out to play
And write a poem the width of heaven’s face
Til dawning purples rise to take their place

Elizabeth Santos
7/5/2009

[This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (07-05-2009 11:33 AM).]

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2009-07-05 07:03 AM

Much more than lovely, dear Elizabeth, this is sublime. A tree is pure beauty, but when you give it a voice and include it into a song in honor of the splendor of the whole nature, then poetry is given true heights.

Just what you have done here, dear Poetess.

Wonderful!

Love,
Margherita