A tall white Birch reared its stately form,
High in the path of the oncoming storm.
Its long, lacy leaves, in sad disarray,
Tangled and knotted with each swing and sway.
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Thanks again Jane wherever you now are. Take care and many thanks.
Rose Marie thanks for revisiting and your kind comment. Take care.
Revisiting this marvelous poem. So beautifully crafted and well executed. So mellifluous when read. Its great rhyme, compelling imagery and nice flow drew me once again to read this poetic gem.
Rose Marie thank you for another warmly welcomed and most generous comment. I'm glad a world class and greatly gifted poetess as your good self enjoyed reading it. Again I wish you well and take care and thank you for all your wonderful poetry you do so generously offer and share to one and all. Enriching so many lives..
Thank you Dillip sir. I'm glad a most sincere poet as your good self enjoyed reading it. And I thank you for your most kind and gracious comments. Take care and I wish you well.
EXCELLENT! The great imagery and wonderful description put into this poem made me at close range with this unique and wonderful tree A great tribute indeed to this one of a kind wonder of nature. " Cavorting like mad, or waltzing with ease A raging tornado, then gentle sea breeze " Beautiful lines from a great poem. Onto my Poem List.
A magnificent piece of poetry carrying illustrious description of nature! My favourite lines: It's silhouette stood against the smooth sky/Like an artist's achievement, the paint barely dry. Appreciated and admired....Full score!
As I read this poem the dark clouds form as though you predicted it
Thank you Leeann for your kind comment and take care from all of nature's and life's dark clouds.
Excellent poem. Some lines to remember: “Cavorting like mad, waltzing with ease.” Image: “Wild waving...like a maestro’s baton” This is the stuff I like. Genuine poetry. I rate this a 10. Blessings!
Thank you Tan for your kind and generous comment. I'm glad a gifted poet as your good self enjoyed it. Take care Tan and may God Bless and Keep you and the loved ones around you.
And I thank you Dennis for taking your good time to read, appraise and polite comment. I thank you again and I choose never to forget after reading your powerful poem At The Gates Of Auschwitz. Thank you for writing it, to make people stop and think and take stock of their lives.
It's silhouette stood against the smooth sky, Like an artist's achievement, the paint barely dry....// another beautiful poem; I enjoyed
Mahtab thank you for your kind and generous comment. You honour me with you magnificent poetry. I thank you again.
Thank you James. This life is all about sharing my parents taught me that. Your poems James, your incredible poems such as A Life Is Not Lived Once are world-class mirrored by your good self. Thank you again James.
You are nature's observer. The poem is where you live. Beautifully crafted.
Jane, good Jane you honour me again. Thank you so much. You've helped me so much with your kind, generous words. I thank you again Jane.
An excellent poem dressed with fabulous imagery! Appreciated and admired....top score! !