The Rising and Falling of Trees
by Patricia Fargnoli
They rose up from the riverbank
bending their dark shapes over the water
like pillars that had been leaning too long
in the sun and wanted to rest.
And yes the river was lovely in its long
feline flowing over and around the river stones.
But the trees were splendid in their own right
shaking their beads, pasting glitter around their cheeks,
and oh how they fell, loosening their roots
swooning into the moving water,
which carried them on its back downstream,
their voices reverberating along the airways,
promising their lovers
before long they would return.
Copyright ©: Patricia Fargnoli
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Wind Speaks poem – Alfred Austin
- Валерий Брюсов – Исполненное обещание романтическая поэма
- Power Of Music by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Маяковский – Посмотрим сами, покажем им
- Isaiah LXIII by Phillis Wheatley
- Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney
- Nothing Stays Put poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Могила
- Haiku: March by Monty Gilmer
- Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling
- A Sculptor’s Vow by Nikhil Srinivas
- Юлия Друнина – Другу
- The Queen’s Marie poem – Andrew Lang poems
- An Hymn To The Evening by Phillis Wheatley
- Такахама Кёси – Как никогда
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