The Reign Of Thornbush Comments

five stars and to my favorites. ; bri

last stanza: I see you apparently altered 'blind eye' to 'blind sight'. I've heard of 'hindsight' but not 'blind sight'. So be it. And, on that note, I bid you goodnight & FIVE STARS. : ) bri

Well, well, well. I now see 'evil, rule, leadership, trees, politics' and 'Good' listed as topics. Trees have been politicized in stanza 10!

Yay! ! ! Spoken like a BORN MONARCH, a KING of trees for a land where trees stand tall. : )

stanza 8: Are 'we' talking about 'Fever tree / Naivasha thorn tree': 'one of the fastest-growing thorn-tree species in Africa. It can withstand lopping'. Ok, if the 'sausage tree' won't SERVE, I vote to elect, unanimously, the thorn tree! ! ! !

....(cont.) Why choose a VINE to rule over TREES? ? ? Or would it only be a figurehead monarch? ? A vine, though! ! ! Preposterous.

I don't 'get' this line: 'Sparing its nectar's celestial decree.' But there is to be a DEMOCRATICALLY-ARRANGED election, right? (cont.)

(cont.) but also LONG narrow finger-like leaves as one might expect from the 'limbs' of your Tree King-to-be! ! ! : ) Send me some ballots.

I'll repeat myself: I'd choose Kigelia africana, OF COURSE. Not only does its name lool like African King, but.....it gets very large, and has great long sausage-looking fruit (cont.)

I'd choose Kigelia africana, OF COURSE. Not only does its name Look Like

'Preserving its purpose, fruitfully free.' WOW! TWO alliterations in 1 little line! That's FINE! !

I sort of giggled at this line. It WAS a manly-giggle, though I think I've never heard of such a giggle before now. THIS LINE: 'Declined, oil slipping through its hand.'

Denise, this is a wonderful story, you have painted in poetry. And the poem too is beautiful with is nice rhyme and rhythm