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[title] => On Apple Trees
[time] => 2005-06-02 22:45:44
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[bodytext] => Our mountain pines are straight and tall ..
the oaks have mossy knees
and give a pleasant shade but best
for me are apple trees.
Waist deep in fragrant meadow grass,
kind company are they-
What's finer than the mass of blooms
that cover them in May?
Our hemlocks yield a forest dome ..
our pine, the mountain height .. but when
the apple orchards breathe of home,
we magically ascend.
Beneath their branches cattle graze..
among them robins flute...
and bountifully the autumn weighs
their boughs with hardy fruit.
Yes, elm and beech have stately charm
and so have birch but time
has given apple trees their arms
that beg the world to climb.
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On Apple Trees
Contributed by
Man_On_High
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Thursday, 2nd June 2005 @ 10:45:44 PM in AEST
Topic:
Nostalgic
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Our mountain pines are straight and tall ..
the oaks have mossy knees
and give a pleasant shade but best
for me are apple trees.
Waist deep in fragrant meadow grass,
kind company are they-
What's finer than the mass of blooms
that cover them in May?
Our hemlocks yield a forest dome ..
our pine, the mountain height .. but when
the apple orchards breathe of home,
we magically ascend.
Beneath their branches cattle graze..
among them robins flute...
and bountifully the autumn weighs
their boughs with hardy fruit.
Yes, elm and beech have stately charm
and so have birch but time
has given apple trees their arms
that beg the world to climb.
Copyright ©
Man_On_High
... [
2005-06-02 22:45:44]
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by MorningDove on
Thursday, 2nd June 2005 @ 11:13:52 PM AEST
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I have never seen an apple tree in reality, but I can just imagine the smell. We have a peach tree in our yard and in the heat of the summer the aroma is exquisite. I love the imagery in this.
Rita |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by Tanmaya on
Thursday, 2nd June 2005 @ 11:46:13 PM AEST
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This makes for such a wholesome and delightful read...
The descriptions of all the trees are brief and yet, very beautifully done. Very well-strung words, each stanza'a perfect.
A flawess piece, indeed. |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by mylady on
Friday, 3rd June 2005 @ 12:31:37 AM AEST
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| Very Nice poem bring back memory as a child going to my uncle house getting some apple from the tree.....Very Nice ... |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by DorianChambers on
Friday, 3rd June 2005 @ 01:21:00 AM AEST
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Very lovely bill a great tribute 2 nature and the
planet in general . . .
Benedetto John Papa Sr.
aka. Dorian Chambers |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by In_a_while on
Friday, 3rd June 2005 @ 07:14:58 AM AEST
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| Very nice! What an incredible strong use of imagery and language! I could see with so much clarity what was being said. Thanks for sharing this fine write. dw |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by Masked_Man on
Friday, 3rd June 2005 @ 08:16:20 PM AEST
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your thought and poems have a classic feel to them..as you are extremely talented..
I love the simplicity and flow of your writes..
you truly are a..Man_On_High!
magnificent write here..
MM |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by Gothchyk on
Friday, 3rd June 2005 @ 08:51:27 PM AEST
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| Great write, you have painted a truly amazing picture within my mind. |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by nanb294eva on
Saturday, 4th June 2005 @ 03:09:39 AM AEST
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Billy
Apple picking pictures are my favorite now you have a poem about it too. You are my everything you can cook the worlds best apple pie and dinner to go with it and write the sweetest poem about something we all adore almost as much as you apple picking pictures on this plaque
love you
nancy |
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Re: On Apple Trees
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 2nd March 2007 @ 08:50:41 PM AEST
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Dearest poet, that last line is so exceedingly nostalgic.
I think the apple trees are what I miss the most about
my childhood home .. the smell in spring, wafting
through the entire neighbourhood, the birds nests
filling it’s boughs in summer, the yield of fruit in
autumn. Sweet memories .. thank you, not only for
that, but for this delicate piece of poetry, the form
and structure of which I find perfectly wonderful.
You have unique and treasured gifts, sweets,
the least of which is definitely not diversity.
Eternally ~
~Breezy
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