Poetry Wednesday - Gathered

A poem in the raw about trees watching us.

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Good day Red Cabbage Heads,

It still been a bit slow poetry wise, I’ve been trying but I just can’t seem to finish any to my satisfaction.

I very much enjoyed

Wendy Pratt

’s 4 week course. It was incredibly detailed had had loads of work gone into it. I have read and allowed to mull mainly though as my brain took its elf off on a holiday for a while. It didn’t ask permission which was rude. I did however manage a couple of half poems. The first was inspired by the photo of silver birches from Unsplash that Wendy used.

Photo by Peng Chen on Unsplash

Those knots just look like eyes. Guarding the forest. This is the work so far though it’s nowhere near finished. So much editing needed and I really don’t like the end, it needs more, though more of what I’m not sure.

Gathered 

gathered, the
birch trees watch, 
eye dotted trunks, 
silver bark flaking, 
eyelids fluttering, 
watch and wait, 
gathered in together

gathered, standing
mast straight and tall
amassed tight
forbidding passage
no paths wind here
they the chieftains 
gathered in together

gathered, gathered. 

So anyhoo, a near poem. That’s all for this week, ta-ra Tx

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