March 3, 2021
by Jem Croucher
3 of 7 for Tri-Tanka week

Majestic it stands
steadfast through the many years
Stoic and resigned
yet with aire of regal poise
absent of all arrogance
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February 24, 2021
by Jem Croucher

The tree-monster’s tail
stuck out of the ground
and though it was still
I made little sound
For there was no telling
and never a clue
what it would decide
and choose when to do
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February 3, 2021
by Jem Croucher
Obi found a little tree
over by the fence
and as it had gone unnoticed
we all paid recompense
Obi ran around a bit
as we thought how nice it was
to plant a new tree in this place
for sustenance because
it really is a lovely field
so what could be a better way
to celebrate it being here
than this new tree today
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January 23, 2021
by Jem Croucher

Silhouetted in the sun
the tree in centre field
stands proud of the water
and looks out to the Weald
And out here east of Steyning
on this lovely winter day
I felt so glad to be alive
I shouted loud ‘hooray’!
Life is made for moments
like this, singular and free
especially when confronted by
the beauty of a tree
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May 10, 2020
by Jem Croucher
We had a tree growing
out of the front wall
which I’m sorry to say had to go
For though it was fine
its roots had entwined
and had threatened the wall, don’t you know
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March 24, 2020
by Jem Croucher
2 of 3 in the ‘Tree’ series from Jemverse
From ‘Three Trees’ on the Beacon
with sunshine in the field
the view is always wonderful
out across the Weald
As you can see for miles
to the hill line way up north
across the scattered villages
as clouds pass back and forth
This place it is idyllic
high up on South Downs Way
made better by the sunshine
on this lovely mid-March day
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March 23, 2020
by Jem Croucher
1 of 3 in the ‘Tree’ series from Jemverse
Though I am a poem
I am often as a tree
spreading wide my branches
to the winds and fancy free
Sometimes I am majestic
growing strong and very tall
and other times I’m minuscule
insignificantly small
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June 17, 2019
by Jem Croucher

After the rain the
circle tree curled
its branches deep in the wood
Caught out attention as we passed
as to kindred spirits it should
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October 12, 2017
by Jem Croucher

The tree was so majestic
and very, very tall
So when I stood beneath it
I felt very, very small
The mass of green above me
with branches spreading wide
overpowered my senses
and I felt small inside
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July 24, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
My heart is a tree
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June 3, 2017
by Jem Croucher

The tree was purple, all lit up
in the middle of the night
Came across it suddenly
all shiny there and bright
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March 19, 2017
by Frank Hubeny
The acorn doesn’t worry much.
It wants to be a tree.
But if it feels a squirrel’s touch,
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February 21, 2017
by Jem Croucher

Overlooking Falmer
we found a flower tree
High on top of Sussex Hill
quite unexpectedly
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September 30, 2016
by Renwick Berchild
She has hung onto her children, cradled and loved them.
The wind sometimes whipped them, and the rain beat them down,
but by the strength of her arm, and the tenderness of her fingers,
so she has kept them secure and well fed.
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September 22, 2016
by Miriam Hurdle

A tree was beaten, but not dead.
Branches were twisted, leaves flopped.
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March 11, 2016
by Jem Croucher

His family had lived
in the same place for years
Safe from harm’s way
with no worries or fears
Foraging for food
in the gardens around
Then up to the homestead
up high above ground
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January 25, 2016
by Jem Croucher
The Knightwood Oak stands tall and proud
as it has for centuries now
Six hundred years it has been here
withstanding time somehow
And as I stood beside its girth
and looked up at its height
I heard the ages echo there
Faced with this wondrous sight
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January 10, 2016
by Jem Croucher

Last year the tree outside our house
got ill and sadly died
And when they said they would replace it
I fear we thought they’d lied
But then to our amazement
just the other day
A little sapling tree appeared
in its place across the way
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November 10, 2015
by Jem Croucher
In Buckingham’s expansive green
Stands an ancient chestnut tree
Its gnarled and massive girth attests
to the ages it has seen
As a sapling it was planted
two hundred years ago
To line the driveway leading
to the grand house portico
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October 17, 2015
by Jem Croucher
There’s a tree outside my window
But I’m not sure if it’s real
For it ‘grows’ inside the building
Which is a little bit surreal
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October 6, 2015
by Jem Croucher
In a glade of bright green
the Wedding tree stood
Posing for pictures
as only it could
We found it perchance
just wandering by
amongst all the beeches
and conifers high
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April 26, 2015
by Venkat

I have roots, deep
Do I need permission
To hold this soil, my mother
Who is mine
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March 28, 2015
by Venkat
Poetry challenge, Trinet poem.

Life, branched
Truth, trunked
Need we a branch, hold firm
Need we spaces, to find another
Holed paper
Rough, smooth
Opaque, transparent
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December 11, 2014
by Venkat

thoughts, but leaves
to fall off gently
upon the ground
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August 25, 2014
by Venkat

in the blink of an eye
humans so multiply
reaching earth’s corners
yet turning into loners
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February 13, 2014
by Venkat

With due respect to Peter’s format. I love it
We are trees
Meant to be firm
Look high towards the sky
With roots strong
Deep within
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December 13, 2013
by Emily Page
Christmas poem: challenge.
Christmas time is near,
Time with loved ones dear.
Unwrapping pandemonium
Of wishes granted clear.
Baubles on the tree,
A happy sight to see.
Glitter, tinsel, jingle bells
Happy to decorate are we.
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July 18, 2013
by Devina
(‘Peaceful’ by Dave Mills, via Fine Art America)
She weeps not in her own sorrow
Often though she does not of sadness at all
Tears are salty and wet
Not tainted by emotion
Only until after being spilt
So in her great xylem,
A warm lake waits calmly
So by drops
They would sprinkle forth
As she heaves and sways
Her delicate boughs
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