Author's Note: This poem dedicated to my father(died Sept.2003)&father-in-law(died Jan.2005). Both of them were great men who suffered a difficult death in the end (due to stroke complications).


Hardwood Down

heavy hardwood down
wrestled to the ground
scattered without leaves
silent winter trees











Poetry by melanie sue
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Written on 2009-01-07 at 04:12

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Blilith
Sometimes less is more
This is more
Visit my page and add me as a friend
but only if you like my prose
and would like a Witch as a friend.
Can I add you ?
Love and be blessed
Blilith
2011-12-30


ANUPAM
Nice. I like trees, sometimes more than people, You may read my poem about Death of a Tree
2011-06-26


shells
I must have missed this one, the power from these few words is great, emotive and is poetry at it's best.
2010-01-18


Damon
An excellent write Melanie Sue. I love this piece. Like KJC said explanations make all the difference in the world in how we take a poem and apply its meaning. Great Work my friend! Damon
2009-12-11


Nils Teodor The PoetBay support member heart!
Few and powerful words!
Beautiful in a sad way.
A flower falls
although
we love it...
2009-10-20



I didn't read the dedication at first - it makes the piece even richer, of course, but also without it's a striking image indeed. Wonderful. And, oh, I love trees so much ... have to bookmark this :) Thanks.
2009-04-12


Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
I have only just seen this - but this is such evocative and powerful writing :-)

Elle x
2009-04-02


Phyllis J. Rhodes
It almost hurt reading this, knowing where it came from. It is brilliant in its few words, which carry such power in what they represent.
2009-03-25


Kathy Lockhart
what a mind picture you created with your words which emote such a sadness.
2009-02-24



Well if it wasn't for your author's note I would of just read it for what it is. What a interesting twist of words and thanks for the explanation, I believe those footnotes are important to the reader as it opens up a different meaning altogether.
2009-01-07