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TREES, by                    
First Line: Pink-sprinkled summer twilight
Last Line: In spite of your faultlessness.
Subject(s): Trees


The Catalpa

Pink-sprinkled summer twilight
And soft brown velvet tones
Of a violin.

The Apple Tree

Dance, ma petite cherie,
Isn't it spring?
And spring doesn't last always,
Ma petite cherie.

Pines

The slow measure of the chanted war song . . .
The storm cloud, dull throbbing black against the sky . . .
The lover constant though unloved.

Poplars

Statuesque cold-eyed women
In smooth, caress-inviting green silk
En promenade.

The Oak

Yes, William Morris,
Here is your heart
In a tree,
Where you would have it.
Yes, it still lives;
Every oak is a memory of you.

Willows

Coquettes tinkle ukeleles
Fatuously,
Droopily,
The exertion tires them -- poor dears!

The Ginkgo

Heavy Chinese sirup,
Lucent, cloying,
Drunk on a tiny blue table
To the tiny, lotus-scented tinkle
Of a temple bell.

The Blue Spruce

Faultlessly carven jade
Is no more faultless than you are,
Little tree.
But I love you,
Little tree,
In spite of your faultlessness.





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