This is not a banyan tree
Her arms span a hundred years
of stories as you turn her every leaf
rustling up rememberances
from her soul as she smiles
or dabs a teardrop that drips
her secret sadness to be whispered into the earth
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19 responses to “This is not ~ a free verse”
You blow my mind! This is unreal in its fantastic’ness.
And I seriously can’t believe that you did both d’Verse prompts in one poem 🤯
-David
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Oh you’ve made my day…and the rest of the year! Keeping that in my head now 😊 Thank you David
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Very nice – you even worked in “dab” — this week’s quadrille prompt
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Thank you for reading. Yes I combined the two prompts ….☺️ I’m trying to keep up 😀
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her secret sadness to be whispered into the earth…. lovely
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This is beautiful ~~ combining prompts doesn’t always work out ~~ you mastered it!
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Thank you so much! ☺️
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What a fine prompt mashup! Well done!
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Thank you. I’m glad you think so
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Wonderful 🙂
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Thank you for reading and writing in
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A tender tribute. It took me googling the banyon tree and I found that it is a very special tree historically and spiritually. Your quadrille echoes that and I enjoyed the personification.
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Thank you Mish…I’m glad you liked it. Yes the banyan is like a planet within itself.
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Beautiful 💓
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Thank you for reading Jude 🙏
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Such a pleasure Mindfills
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