Friday, 28 May 2021

A Poem a Day (434): Tree

 

This one was written for JD Mader's 2minutesgo writing exercise on his website Unemployed Imagination. Head over there every weekend to write, read, or comment, or all of them! This one is about a tree. Cheers :) 


Tree 


It boughs over peacefulness,

water caught without a drift.

No ripples disturb the surface,

only sound without movement.

 

Songs of birds spill over boughs

curling in a half-circle arch;

they cast reflections in the scope,

sketches of wings and feathers.

 

This tree stretches due north.

It moves like a dancer, poised,

almost skeletal black against light,

its fingers twisting the chill air.

 

Beyond, the white clouds pirouette,

drawing lines before dusk blows in.


Copyright Vickie Johnstone, May 28, 2021





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