Friday, May 14, 2010

APPLE TREE: An Original Acrostic


I thought I’d attempt a two-word acrostic for my unpublished poetry collection Spring into Words: A Season in Acrostics. The two-word acrostic, Apple Tree, is also a mask poem.

I chose to post Apple Tree today for my mother. Last year, we had to have the apple tree in her backyard cut down. That made her sad because my father and her father had planted the tree there many years ago.


A cloud of
Pink blossoms rests in my branches.
Petals, like flakes of fallen snow,
Litter the
Earth below me. My new leaves flaunt their green.

Thousands of honeybees come to visit, flit
Round me, sip my nectar, powder their legs with my pollen.
Every year it’s the same when spring arrives in the orchard.
Every year I burst into bloom and buzz with life.




Note: I’d like to thank all of you who left kind words for my mother and me at my Poetry Friday posting on May 7th. This past week has been a bit easier than the previous week. My mom had a good Mother’s Day—with lots of visitors. She’s going through a period of adjustment now—as is our family. Fortunately, I’m not far from the facility where my mother is now living so I can visit with her often.


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Jama has the Poetry Friday Roundup at Alphabet Soup.

7 comments:

Bridget R. Wilson said...

Beautiful poem and lovely images. Thanks for sharing, Elaine.

Jules at 7-Imp said...

Glad to hear your mother's doing better. Lovely poem! Hugs to you.

Jeannine Atkins said...

I love apple trees especially this time of year, and your poem shows their joy. Love flaunting the green and pollen powdering the legs of bees. I need to look closer at the bees' legs!

Mary Lee said...

Three cheers for apple trees and for your mom's improvement!

Laura said...

Elaine,

I'm so glad you are close to your mother during this time. I hope she will continue to improve.

Laura Evans
all things poetry

laurasalas said...

This is lovely, Elaine. The dogwood petals were littering the ground recently here...love the mask poem from a tree's pov and seeing what she notices.

Hugs to you and your mother. Glad things are settling down a little bit.

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