Poetry / Georgia Peaches

To save the peach tree from
Sticky red amber
Globes of gummosis,
One must very nearly
Kill the tree.
Stripped of its
Skeletal branches,
Rough grey-beige bark
Cleaved,
The hope is the roots
Are healthy enough for it
To bounce back.

How like that diseased tree,
We are constantly dividing.
Hoping that destroying ourselves
Will reveal a better self, the whole
While praying we are strong enough
To grow back.

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NewBard avatar General Friend

April 29, 2008

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This is an amazing piece. I really don’t believe I can make any suggestions for improvement. (Which is amazing by itself! lol) Great job! :>)

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February 01, 2008

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Wow. That’s about all I can say about this. Amazing how a writer thinks, as to relate the general popularity of mankind to a tree and have it seemingly, dead on, per say. The diction employed here created vivid picturesque images as I read through, once and again. Good job and definately keep writing!

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February 01, 2008

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Well I loved how the piece started off and I really think that the first stanza could stand on its own.  It reads like you put the second stanza in there to explain the first but I got it and the piece has more impact, for me, if you let it linger without explanation.  The idea of having to nearly kill the tree to save it was a pretty powerful start.  The second stanza weakens the piece though.  

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January 30, 2008

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Strange. This doesn’t seem like a poem to me, more like journal entry or a clip from a book on spirituality. Sort of like a tarot reading, this has offered us an image to reflect on and compare to our own lives. I find this very interesting, and surprisingly complex. I’m not sure why it doesn’t seem like poetry to me, maybe because your sentences are so fluid and whole. I do wish secretly that you would keep going and tell me more about peach trees.

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