under the chestnut tree
another summer day
i’ll soon forget

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Trees that have stood for
A hundred years, echoes of
Answers from within.
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Houses made of hard wood
last further than their years
the wind sings
soft haunting songs around them
we can only stand and wonder
monuments to keep their poise
and speak to us in quiet voices

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Prompt 271

Beyond
Whispering
Oak

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Hiding in the forest
Sitting ‘neath a tree
I spot a rabbits nest
Hiding in the forest
Peace, quiet and rest
And a buzzing honey bee
Hiding in the forest
Sitting ‘neath a tree

Just out of reach
tickling fingertips,
is
joy

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the acorn's promise
…
on the far side
of a horizon not familiar
a low rustling breeze
brought me the acorn's message
plant me, and when you're grown old,
I'll shelter you.
…
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(Melodic Rainfall Whispering)
Drops on leaves
Making soft music
Floating through air
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I knew not to follow them. I knew there was nothing human about them. I knew what I barely heard was just more of their spell encircling me. I followed them anyway. The world that I knew had become more cruel than anything they could do. So past the gnarled tree I went. #SenseWrds Prompt 271

Prompt 271

Beyond
Whispering
Oak

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(Breezy Upturned Salt)
Head held high, facing the wind. The tang in the ocean spray adding to the invigorating feel. As a sea storm rolls in
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#sensewrds 270 melancholic languid bloom

One summer, the pond turned green
algae the colour of uranium glass.
The faster it spread
the slower the ducks swam
until the pond looked like grass
and the ducks were gone.

I don't remember if it was the summer
before they dug up kids' bones
or one after.

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There is comfort in watching the light brighten the dark. A lunar ascension, like a lantern soaring into the air
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Roadside crowds with
brown-eyed susans
late afternoon, late
sun low beams into glare.
Distraction at summer’s end,
I drive the bend to the low road
a nose, thin legs, spots
step out, a dream of a fawn
that isn’t a dream, smartly
steps back, disappears
into a crowd of yellow.

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Depressed and lethargic I stare at the patch of dirt, daring it, urging it to deliver one sprout. Coffee in hand it is the first thing I check each morning, but it’s stubbornly refuses to become a Hyacinth.
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September flowers so tired in the yard
Roses on my sheets suspended in time
I stare at the celling
I would have called but
No need for me to send a card
Your birthday passed you by again
Another year gone
And my years get closer to yours

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Lost enthusiasm,
Unfurling in apathy,
A flower depressed.
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Small birds in clusters slithering and twisting like an anaconda ruined my sleep. #SenseWrds 268
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