My dear friends you shall see
All the beauty of a tree
With mighty branches reaching out
From trunk so sturdy and so stout
In summer dress of leaves of green
It is a beauty to be seen
It's home to creatures great and small
Room enough to care for all
When autumn comes it's leaves turn gold
Another beauty to behold
Some of earth's riches are you see
Truly in the lovely tree
When winter comes it sheds it's dress
Ready for a little rest
'Till spring comes 'round her work to do
With gentle rain and dew drops too
Now spring is here and buds pop out
Everywhere a brand new sprout
Which blossoms out in full array
For shade and beauty everyday
Yes dear friends 'tis plain to see
All the beauty of a tree
For birds and bees and creatures too
And gentle folk like me and you
Only God can make a tree
In all it's beauty perfectly
It grows each day beyond compare
It's beauty seen from everywhere
9-12-1988
Author notes
In all of Nature, there is nothing more beautiful than a Tree.
A contest entry
- Poet Laureate of all AP for the year 2007 Contest # 87 at The Winkler by Andantino.
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Very lovely work. Excellent rhyme and rhythm in this and beautiful imagery.
A tree does offer so much and has been a poetic favorite for centuries.
"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree..."
that line kept going through my head as I enjoyed your wonderful work.
Best of luck in the contest. ~Pamela
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Thank You
Pamela for your very kind comment on my poem. I am glad you enjoyed it. I wrote this in the 1980's. I managed an apartment complex back then and it had some beautiful trees.
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I like the rhyme, it was done nicely.
Good imagery. Didn't like the god thing in twenty-five.
Line thirteen:
"it's" should be "its"
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Thank You
XdevilessX for your comment. In referrence to the Winter's dress, it's is proper as it is also used in a possessive form. In line 25 I used God as I believe only He can make a tree. I appreciate you stopping by to read my poem and for liking the rhyme. Your comment is appreciated.
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Great imagery. Seeing as how I am Liberation of Sense, I've got an intense hatred of the rhyme scheme. But you do distratct me from that very well! This is quite well-written. I dig it.
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Thank you for reading my poem and your comment. I'm glad you dig it. A lot of people don't like rhyme, but I like it. It is a challange to me. I write mostly rhyme as apposed to free verse.
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Hmm, I think this is an extremely beautiful entry; of course, though I'm always partial to poems about nature.
I think the piece as a whole, is very well crafted, the rhyme seems to fit and isn't forced. The stanza breaks and line breaks are perfect in my opinion.
The imagery and wording was great, the only question I have is perhaps you left out an S on this line:
"In summer dress of leaves of green"
Maybe it'd sound a bit better if you put "In Summer's dress..."
But that's just my opinion.
You stuck well to the theme, and the imagery and subject was matched correctly and corresponded well with each other.
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Thank you pariah for your in depth review and comment of my poem. I am glad you enjoyed reading it. My pleasure to enter it in the contest.
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another good one
Hi again Katie - another good write - I love trees too but am not a "Tree Hugger" they are here for our use (mind you, not for our abuse) during the last storm we had 5000 trees were downed and damaged in our city park - some hundreds of years old - it was sad to see - but the earth gives and takes away - the rhyme and flow of this poem are great - Bless God Katie - Joe
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BEAUTIFUL!!!!
There is nothing more beautiful than a tree, whether it be in winter, spring, summer or fall, one can see so much in its leaves, branches, limbs and even the bark.
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Brilliant
Such a vivid picture of a tree's life you have painted for all to see with your wonderful words. Just beautiful, I loved every word. Excellent
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Lovely
I love tree's.They are so old and so wise and wear many guises.They have many moods and can tell many stories.a lovely poem.thankyou for sharing, Ros -
This is beautiful
I think you have done a wonderful job on this one. It is such a detailed poem. I can actually see this. I think you write beautifully. Great job.
God bless you.
tabitha
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