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Streen
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since 2001-11-28

Posts 169

0 posted 2003-04-08 04:47 PM

Sub arbore lux

The moon sparkles like
a star tonight, willow tree,
I sit there watching it
drown your dry boughs,
,thin little slivers of leaves.

It was long ago, I recall,
when I watched the sun
(sparkling like a moon)
from branch to leaf on you.
I (was better than light then
.)

remember whispering secrets
into the loft of your wispy branches-
my breath pittering with drips, drops.
Sometimes the breeze would rustle
and I could hear you murmur to the roots.

Then, (for when clouds can move to greener skies),
I drifted away.
And you cracked with the wind.

Ah, willow tree, maybe now
I know why your blossoms grew dust,
for spring ran by and
I (fragilely) drifted away.

If mists could will, I would
my clouds against your
silky leaves--
and break the light
of the moon like a star.

And then maybe you (frailly)
could glisten with life again.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2003-04-08 05:15 PM

Very beautiful. I so love poems about trees and I love willow trees ..... see how it glows in the sunshine ...

Love, Margherita

Brad Majors

Member Elite

since 2001-04-03

Posts 2647
Georgia

2 posted 2003-04-08 05:29 PM

Beautiful

Streen
Member

since 2001-11-28

Posts 169

3 posted 2003-04-08 05:34 PM

Thank ye very muchly.

I have to admit that this is somewhat of an older poem, but which I have recently been editing quite a bit of.

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

4 posted 2003-04-08 06:14 PM

Streen, you're a youngster by the look of ya. But, you seem to know your craft. This shows a fine hand, yessir.

~wranx

"The shortest distance between two points is.....sometimes intolerable"

~Bukowski~

[This message has been edited by wranx (04-08-2003 06:15 PM).]

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2003-04-08 06:25 PM

Enjoyed...James

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

6 posted 2003-04-09 10:36 AM

If you write like a poet, have the soul of a poet, then a poet you must be!

From a fellow tree lover,
Warm hugs,
Earth Angel

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

7 posted 2003-04-09 12:20 PM

Streen - this is awesome, and yes, should be in the book!! Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

Krystopher Morris
Member

since 2002-11-11

Posts 130
Ancient land called Chivalry

8 posted 2003-04-09 12:29 PM

Wow...Powerful read! Thanks for sharing!

Poetry is love and love is life.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

9 posted 2003-04-10 09:24 PM

So fragile, and beautifully expressed.

If mists could will, I would
my clouds against your
silky leaves--
and break the light

So nice~

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

10 posted 2003-04-10 09:28 PM

Yes..so beautiful! One for the book!
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

11 posted 2003-04-10 10:15 PM

Streen, I love trees and this poem,
so I vote for it to be in the book.

"Love makes the world go around"
~with love and hugs from Ethel__GG~

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

12 posted 2003-04-10 10:49 PM

I absolutely love trees.
This is beautifully written.

Maree

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