in each forest,
there is a tree that is not
like any others.
The Tree [Haiku]
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a hilltop tree,
bowed as if wind-shaped,
won’t budge for a breeze.
I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.
And into my garden stole,
When the night had veild the pole;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

the stout limbs
of a kapok tree,
stretch immovably.

home to birds & squirrels,
the tree holds life in every
crotch & hollow.

a tree reaches
toward the pond; the pond
reaches back again.

a barren tree
paints dancing shadows
on the sandy canyon.