Tall and prickly, it gains weight
Slowly as white dust lands on it.
The strong trunk supports,
While the small branches sag.
It has no legs, but those underground.
It has no arms, but those which absorb.
Never moving, but always pushed.
Never changing color, except for branches hushed.
I have legs, always moving.
I have arms, always grabbing.
Always moving, but never pushed.
Always changing, but never hushed.
I want to know what you, the reader, thinks. Consider leaving a comment and I will reply!
Primitive Poetry 
I like your poem 😺 good work!
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Thank you, this is the second time I have written this poem. I think I like the first time better because it had more depth, but this one has a simplistic image that can have a larger hosts of meanings to different readers.
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You are welcome and right the simplicity of it allowed me to think of the different things this could mean you had me feeling lile a tree for a moment lol
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Thank you, that’s awesome!
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re-posted your poem here: https://grumpysgiftspoetry.org/2020/08/12/the-pine-tree-william-primitive-poetry/
full credit, and link provided of course! 😉
Thanks for sharing your words
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Thank you, I have other poems that I think better represent me in my “Authors Pick” section I recommend you check out
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Good writing! It got me thinking! And you’re lucky if you’ve never been hushed!!
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Thank you for commenting! That line specifically has a different meaning than you might think. It’s more of an admission of guilt for privelege I have lived.
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I like very much the image of a tree weighed down by white dust; one so immense in comparison to something which seems so transitory.
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Yes, the imagery of white dust, which is snow, is interesting because it shows how a lot of something small, or transitory, can become so burdensome that it can wear down something immense.
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Exactly! I really enjoyed that.
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Thank you 🙂
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Good work!!
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Thank you!
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