Stealing Trees

by slighte   Jun 28, 2011


She says she's going to be a tree
with birds
tangled in her hair.
In Winter she will shed her skin
of avocado string.
She will fit somewhere

in green lands,
in a forest where
clouds fly low.
With candyfloss for friends
she doesn't need her pencilcase
or study notes.

She flies higher than ash clouds.
Three hundred and
eighty
for her oxygen.

I'm not a normal criminal
but
there's something wrong
about a broken cemetery. We took
their bones and buried them
beneath her branches.

In green lands
where the trees are.

--

A collaboration with her mighty majesty of Torland.

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  • 12 years ago

    by Ste

    This is without doubt one of the very best i have read in this forum. This is mature, developed, striking and leaves a memory.
    Excellent

  • 13 years ago

    by Ares

    A good and refreshing read. I came across this while out in the sun and it sort of blended in with the scenery and the feel of summer. Loved it :)

  • 13 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    A very different read indeed. Each verse
    stands on its own and it draes a vivid image within the reader's mind. I like the flow in this poem as well..very well done & congrats
    on the win.

  • 13 years ago

    by Britt

    I love the very subtle rhyme that riddled throughout, though I can't tell if it was done intentionally or not, it gave a great rhythm and flow to the whole piece. Your words paint a vivid but abstract picture, and I feel like there is so much more than just the words to your poem.

    I can't believe that this is a collaboration with another writer, your work is seamless, and I can't tell who wrote what, or that there was more than one brain to this piece. Wonderfully mastered.

    All in all I love this piece of poetry and think it's brilliant. It's refreshing and modern and has a quirky style that is easy to pinpoint as greatness. Nominating this for sure :)

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