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tree language

 


i.  cypress

nothing stabs a hole
so grim-sharp in the sky
as a cypress
over the open grave
of love




ii. willow

the river translates a willow
to a thousand green ripples –

damp settles
against my roots




iii. pine

strange, how still
a single pine
moves me in the wind
till only the inexpressible
remains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • AngelBellerose gold member
    May 31

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    strange, how still
    a single pine
    moves me in the wind
    as you feel the spirit pass in and out
    showing the love in life
    from the gust that pass and ripple the pine
    I love this write .. sends a shiver
    Hugs Angel♥


  • LadyElbereth
    April 21

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    What a Tapestry

    I spied out of the corner of my sky your trees in tandem each view more beautiful than the last my heartfelt thank you for this most lovely picture.


    Lady E


    • Nicolette gold member
      April 21
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      wow, you are good to me tonight!!
      thank you, lovely lady

  • Son of Jim
    March 26

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    Nicolette,
    The title alone made me grab this poem to read, "tree language" how could I not wonder how it would be said by you.
    The opening line's description is grand, and to be truthful almost makes me feel like the tree is giving love "the bird". Cypress in their grand if not wise stature.
    But this first stanza pales to the second. The very image the first two lines is dazzling. Personification of wind interepreting the language of the willow and the thousand rippling arms that come from it just amazing.
    The noble pine does a fine job of closing out this precious piece, all I can say is thank you so much for sharing. Your insights into nature and their application to the human condition are the best I know.

    Jim

    • Nicolette gold member
      March 26
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      thank you, Jim - you are most kind . I wrote these little snippets after a "quiet period"! I also hope to catch up on some reading and commenting tonight. thanks, my friend


  • dame de la riviere
    March 25

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    This could be a li'l more sensory oriented, but the transcendental nature is nice. , Dannie


  • Stuart Higginson gold member
    March 15

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    A beautiful piece. Trees are such spiritual entities, breathing purity so we ourselves may have clean air to breathe ... soaking up the wisdoms and dreams of the dead from the earth even, as they drink the moisture of the soil.
    Strange how we can find our mind flooded by thoughts, as if we are drowning from the head, yet a simple sighting of something natural can be like receiving the epiphany that makes all sudden sense of that which confounds us and prevents us from hearing the inner voice even if its echoes are ringing through us, begging to be heard. Nature's language speaks to the soul, beyond doubt.


    • Nicolette gold member
      March 15
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      thank you so much, Stu... i can see you understand nature's language too.


  • AutumnGypsy gold member
    March 14

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    If this is kickstarting the muse my is clearly dead and buried. You have a great thought process for poetry. Clearly one of the sites stand outs


  • campanaro silver member
    March 7

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    Wonderous and beautiful

    I so enjoyed this.
    You are extremely gifted and creative..
    Like a conductor,guiding the words instead of instruments to ensure clarity and thought provoking.
    The very thing that leads to the song you wish to remember.
    Best
    Love Peace
    campanaro


  • Jaden silver member
    March 6
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    Poetically speaking, this poem rocks.

  • Virgoan
    March 6

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    I love ii. seems to echo deep in my soul

    you know i live vignettes

    wonderful write my friend.



    HENSLEY


    • Nicolette gold member
      March 6
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      thank you, Hensley. i will visit your page over the weekend


  • Creed Trees
    March 3

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    This is very nicely written and has a great format that I can say I'm not even familar with.

    The way it was all shown was beautifully with cypress, willow, and pine.

    Good write and keep on going with the great poems.


  • Lowell Poe
    March 1

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    Oh that was nice and mellow lass...
    Just beautiful in it's style and sound.
    The title was even serene and perfect for the piece.
    A fine write indeed.

    Blessings,
    Lowell Poe


  • Andrew Norris
    March 1

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    I love poems about trees and what they mean to us. These little vignettes are very beautiful. The shapes of trees can almost evoke something of the human condition, as well as their place in the world, in our world.


  • truembrace
    February 21

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    as this is - it is the start of quite an amazing poem. then again, as it is, it does already stand so perfectly with those few stanzas with your readers being able to visualize the images so clearly and find experiences in life where they have (hopefully) had the opportunity to identify with the beauty of each.

    for me in particular, the pine tree is something so attached to my childhood with watching them sway in the storms. how they grew and grew and would cause the ground to creak almost beneath the house when hurricanes hit. (I used to imagine them as the thunderous footsteps of massive monsters when I was little).

    thanks for this...

    Kim

    • Nicolette gold member
      February 21
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      there are 2 big Norfolk pine trees right in front on my house and i have often sat on my bed, while trying to write a poem, staring at them. trees are indeed poems (as Rumi said). thank you, Kim - and happy it brought back some childhood memories too

  • Wisdom 1
    February 19

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    TWIN THOUGHTS

    i have a poem 'tales of trees'
    i highlighted the characters of trees like you. thanks and keep writing


  • ten thousand cicadas gold member
    February 18

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    Amazing the differences you paint with your words for each species, each section filled with its own emotion. It's just beautiful how each tree connects with and speaks to the circumstance of the soul. Excellent poetry.


  • Randomly Beautiful
    February 18

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    damp settles
    against my roots

    I love that. I love anything to do with damp and roots anyhow. I also LOVE willow trees. They are my favorite...


    • Nicolette gold member
      February 18
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      Thank you, lovely one. SO good to see you here on my pages again

  • mimiagatha
    February 15

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    had to return to this one, which rarely if at all i do. i re-read it and suddenly found an even deeper interpretation, which maybe even you did not see , i read it as “I, cypress” then “I, I, willow” and then “I, I, I pine” ... i believe that poets carry in their hearts so much more than they are ever able to express, that at times it seeps out without ever their intent be to. you are such a poet, of intense depth (yes, depth can be intense) and of deep beauty (yes, beauty can be deep)

    • Nicolette gold member
      February 17
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      and only you could see the "i" in these vignettes, joe... you are such a poet of intense depth too - thank you, my friend for seeing beyond the obvious....but of course... happy*


  • bladedancer
    February 14
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    (forgot to applaud)


  • bladedancer
    February 14
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    nice


  • myrataal silver member
    February 12

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    Elke boom uitgebeeld volgens aard ...

    en pragtige beeldspraak.

    Ek sou die grim-sharp na grimly verander het, maar jy weet dat my Engels myrataal is.


  • And Hyetal
    February 12
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    So so pretty.

  • silverfish
    February 12

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    clearly, one need only read your special school of poetry to learn this secret language of natures. -silverfish


    • Nicolette gold member
      February 12
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      thank you, silverfish. i'm amazed at how people enjoy these little snippets of mine


  • SabaSophiya
    February 12

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    Dear Nicolette,

    This is beyond beautiful! I love the way you have shared the fragrance of tree language with your poetic endeavor. I find this piece of poetry immensely beautiful in every aspect. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.....

    Blessings always,
    Sophie

  • Yvette Champ gold member
    February 11

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    Dearest Poetess, I found the wonder of tree language via your author page and noticed that you are a " sunlit memory poet" and I have never read a more fitting description. For you imbue natural warmth and light whenever and whatever you write of. What is it that they say, that we may not be able to recall what someone says but we recall how they made us feel. When you were away from ap I missed the infinite beauty of your poetry and though I savour every word could not recall a poem in it's entirety, what has stayed with me, from the first poem of yours that I listened to many moons ago, is that wonderful feeling of being moved to the point of all the planets aligning and feeling yes, yes, yes, you make moments momentous. You will never be bereft of your Muse, she is the essence of you, quality and not quantity. Every time. " Over the open grave of love" Oh, oh yes, before the healing time begins and time compacts the soil so that new footsteps are tentatively trod.


    Magnificent.


    Love and Light


    Yvette







    • Nicolette gold member
      February 11
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      Yvette...you so often leave me speechless... thank you..

  • wendymolly
    February 11
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    they are all my favorite of course, yet iii. pine sung to me the most!

  • wendymolly
    February 11
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    !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    the simplicity of this is like walking on leaves in heaven for my soul!!!!


  • queenie
    February 10

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    now this is creative. i like the progression of it. percise in structure yet deep. i see how this sets you aside as a master at this poetry thing. should i live so long as to grasp it this way.


  • GotLilt
    February 10
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    I like this!


  • UnknownFemale
    February 10
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    Very nicely written


  • NurseChilly gold member
    February 10

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    sigh sigh
    with the windbreakers all around........
    moving piece
    sigh


  • Heart Sutra
    February 10
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  • oncvang
    February 9
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    i like i


  • Threnoidia
    February 9

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    i noticed you used a -
    are you going for the emily dickenson thing? this is a good expression of your feelings in writing i thin


  • Jax Nova
    February 9

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    Love the title!

    I really like the title on this and the poem itse;f is inventive and fun to read. Excelent job.


  • Namita
    February 9

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    oh this is beautiful; so breezy, so light - soft and wonderful poetry full of warmth - "the river translates a willow
    to a thousand green ripples" is a really pretty phrase..

    Helen is right, you never disappoint! (even i just started working on a tree poem yesterday!)

    for one more flower in your tree


  • Dalaney gold member
    February 8
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    smiling because this is just wonderful reading. Love, Lane


  • natari
    February 8

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    This is gorgeous you never disappoint! the trees are like our souls. The very nature of us. Beautiful work.

    Helen


  • Grunts Girl gold member
    February 8
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    i love to write of the trees....
    these were lovely


  • thepoetssoul
    February 7

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    Beautiful poem...
    You have a wonderful muse, no kick start needed
    Top shelf, brilliant indeed sweet poet.
    Be blessed in all you do.

    Tony

  • grm
    February 7

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    i've always been aware of the songs of trees...

    they took a real beating here last week.

    it could be said there is too much sadness in the world, but that would be like saying there are too many trees in the world

    good poetry, you




    • Nicolette gold member
      February 7
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      perhaps it's fitting that my first poem in 2 months is about trees...
      remember "trees, trees, trees"?

      • grm
        February 7
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        if you could see what it looks like here now, with all the trees and branches down, you would cry your eyes out.
        none suffered as much

        and, yes, i do




  • inder silver member
    February 7

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    Green Peace!

    spring is early...with a very earthy feel of longing...and an urge to surge and fathom the blue with her green fingers!
    The muse is more than trigerred, detonated in grand style!


  • new light
    February 7

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    beautiful

    these are all beautiful

    but i must say this one was my favorite:

    "ii. willow

    the river translates a willow
    to a thousand green ripples –

    damp settles
    against my roots"

  • luce della stella
    February 7

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    wow,
    ii. willow

    the river translates a willow
    to a thousand green ripples –

    damp settles
    against my roots

    such great descriptions

  • mimiagatha
    February 7
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    words like sublime, were invented for poetry like this


  • marc creamore
    February 7

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    Your muse don't need no kick start lady . . . the first section sent a haunting chill into the bones of my soul . . . brilliant as usual!!!!!!!

    Marc

  • Suzanne Dia
    February 7

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    There is a chill in this. It reads like winter to me.

    Beautiful trees, they are as stark as they should be.


  • Peteskid gold member
    February 7

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    a single pine... becomes a very thoughtful and moving image here... wonderful... PK


  • Jersene gold member
    February 7

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    I think your muse is off and running now...stunning poetry.

    Trees are always inspiring

  • dx d by me
    February 7

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    So very beautiful, serene, profound! Perfection returns to these pages! Wondeful to read you anew. Geo


  • AJ Morelli gold member
    February 7
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    It seems your muse is wide awake


    al


  • Ariosto II. gold member
    February 7
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    Still pictures with heart

    beautiful cameos

  • Rowan gold member
    February 7

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    This moved me Nicolette, completely. Kick start? Me thinks not. This is pure poetry.


  • Cat gold member
    February 7
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    beautiful nic..


  • kaibab silver member
    February 7

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    I walk my forest path in spirit conversation,
    the way of words in greener tongue
    is sacred heal-to-toe confession
    for every heart to beat in measure

    lovely indeed...


  • paulcreates silver member
    February 7

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    I related most strongly to the third stanza. In Southeast Alaska I would play in the woods and yes, the evergreens would begin a slow whisper as the wind moved the tops of the trees. It's a very spiritual sound that moves to the core.
    Thank you Nicolette for the memory.

    Paul

    • Nicolette gold member
      February 7
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      happy that i could reawaken those memories, Paul. i have a very tall Norfolk pine tree right in front of my bedroom window and it has been the source and inspiration of many a poem


  • Night Hope gold member
    February 7

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    "Kick-start", says she? Hit fifth gear runnin', replies me. Gorgeous, layered textured & superb, my Sister. Welcome back, m'Lovely One. Vlindertjie

  • tara wilson gold member
    February 7

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    these are beautiful tree vignettes, and i love each of their languages, so lovely Nic

  • piggyback
    February 7

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    Twas about time to see something new from you

    I love how you "translate" trees in these three little tanka-like vignettes... they really stand well on their own and also make a complex whole. I'm also obsessed with Roman numbers in poetry lately "the open grave
    of love" is an image that truly stuck with me; brings so many things to mind... Nice work here Hope you're doing well


  • Catie Sheeran gold member
    February 7

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    oh, how I've missed you poetry...

    I love every single line. that last stanza really moved me... no really, I like this a lot!!!

    thanx






  • NurseChilly gold member
    February 7
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    and your muse is a silver birch shining in the forest of darkness....
    it sways this way and that and you can hear the rustle and turn of every branch and leaf...

    sigh sigh sighs



    your heart is a rare and most beautiful thing Nicky... yes it is


  • arafura gold member
    February 7
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    Good to read something from you again! You haven't lost your sure touch.


  • Sonja
    February 7

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    Beautiful. So beautiful... Your come back is magnificant.
    Your muse is on another great role...
    ~Sonja~


  • MJ Donnelly gold member
    February 7
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    Ah...Nicky, so beautiful and Zen like! *sigh*


  • Allyce May gold member
    February 7

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    Yessss! I am so happy to see a poem from you I particularly liked the pine stanza; you are certainly an expert at expression, though it is inexpressible! I think I just confused myself

    I hope your muse is kick-started now - I want to see more from you. More more more!


  • Cannonsfire
    February 7

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    Beautiful as always Nic, from small blooms come flowered splendor, yours will return C


  • ariazephyrzoe gold member
    February 7

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    I agree with Mari
    and oh we have the same favorite
    the pine
    hope to read more tree language


  • Mari Goes gold member
    February 7

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    Your muse got a very good kick!
    Loved them all, specially the pine.
    Welcome back mooie meisje


  • IronIcecream
    February 7
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