Sunday, 8 September 2024

#1684 - under black walnut

 



1684

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under black walnut

an elevensy at Soaring Gardens, Susquehanna County, PA

 

 

the tree’s song

is these arms wide

reaching, ready

to catch whatever falls

the house peels paint behind me

 

under black walnut

 

sky’s to leaf, a still blue

as if apprehended

come quiet, told

on from these last

forgotten rains 









 

The elevensy is a form invented a few years back by Kerri Shying and Kit Kelen… the title is in the middle of the poem, with five lines either side … so we come to, and away from, the centre of the poem













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