The Almond Trees
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Comment from Joy Graham
I've never seen an almond tree before. I like your description of arthritic arms. I love flowering trees. It would be wonderful to see the barren tree come to life with beautiful flowers. U would love to see the cockatoos!
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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I've never seen an almond tree before. I like your description of arthritic arms. I love flowering trees. It would be wonderful to see the barren tree come to life with beautiful flowers. U would love to see the cockatoos!
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, Joy. I appreciate your review. The cockatoos are quite a sight, but noisy blighters! Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Margaret Snowdon
The gardens waft their narcissistic scents
Of lavender for bees and jonquil bulbs,
germander blue and ornamental quince,
and overlooking all... these almond eyes.
I've never mastered blank verse myself.
I applaud you. I only know I enjoyed you
wonderfully descriptive poem - a real
treat, Tony.
Margaret
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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The gardens waft their narcissistic scents
Of lavender for bees and jonquil bulbs,
germander blue and ornamental quince,
and overlooking all... these almond eyes.
I've never mastered blank verse myself.
I applaud you. I only know I enjoyed you
wonderfully descriptive poem - a real
treat, Tony.
Margaret
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, Margaret. I appreciate your review. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Just2Write
You have such a beautiful way of 'seeing' things, Tony. And more is the beauty that you let us 'see' them too.
Your Blank Verse is perfect to my eye. If there was unauthorized internal rhyme, I didn't see it. Everything read as smooth as silk.
I've never seen Almond Trees before, but I could visualize these ones with their battle scarred trunks and their limbs gnarled with quiet suffering over the years.
I liked the little bit of personification you gave them. They seemed to be very dear friends, and ones who enjoy their retired life at Brooklands as much as the author.
I learned something too. I didn't know where the sulfur crested Cockatoo called home. It would be awesome to see one in its natural habitat, there amongst your Almond grove.
I'm seeing a marvellous theme for a book coming out of Brooklands, Tony.
The poems that you write that describe this wonderful place are awesome.
Rose.
reply by the author on 10-Aug-2015
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You have such a beautiful way of 'seeing' things, Tony. And more is the beauty that you let us 'see' them too.
Your Blank Verse is perfect to my eye. If there was unauthorized internal rhyme, I didn't see it. Everything read as smooth as silk.
I've never seen Almond Trees before, but I could visualize these ones with their battle scarred trunks and their limbs gnarled with quiet suffering over the years.
I liked the little bit of personification you gave them. They seemed to be very dear friends, and ones who enjoy their retired life at Brooklands as much as the author.
I learned something too. I didn't know where the sulfur crested Cockatoo called home. It would be awesome to see one in its natural habitat, there amongst your Almond grove.
I'm seeing a marvellous theme for a book coming out of Brooklands, Tony.
The poems that you write that describe this wonderful place are awesome.
Rose.
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 10-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, Rose. I appreciate your review and kind words. So glad you enjoyed this poem and thought highly of it. Both the Sulpher-crested cockatoos and the Yellow-tailed Black cockatoos steal my almonds but I don't really mind! Best wishes, Tony
Comment from pbroussard209
This poem brought back so many happy memories for me. Growing up my family had a small almond orchard. It was one of my favorite places to play. You discribed the trees perfectly ours were almost a hundred years old as well.
We were not rich and the trees were extra money for us. We would lay big canvasses on the ground and my brother and dad knocked the nuts from the trees with a long pole so my sisters and I could bag them up.
Great poem and thanks for the wonderful memories.
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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This poem brought back so many happy memories for me. Growing up my family had a small almond orchard. It was one of my favorite places to play. You discribed the trees perfectly ours were almost a hundred years old as well.
We were not rich and the trees were extra money for us. We would lay big canvasses on the ground and my brother and dad knocked the nuts from the trees with a long pole so my sisters and I could bag them up.
Great poem and thanks for the wonderful memories.
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, pbroussard. Happy memories! The cockatoos always beat us to it. They come in before the nuts are ripe, and these trees are too large and too old to net.. I appreciate your review. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from cercie
I was so pleased that I can across this wonderful piece. Your words painted the perfect picture and therefore, did not need any picture of anyone elses.
Thank you for sharing and I will be a fan
hugs
cercie
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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I was so pleased that I can across this wonderful piece. Your words painted the perfect picture and therefore, did not need any picture of anyone elses.
Thank you for sharing and I will be a fan
hugs
cercie
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, Cercie. I appreciate your review. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from davisr (Rhonda)
What a beautiful picture you paint of trees past their prime, but still in their fighting for life. Survivors of fire and time, they stand as a testimony to all of us who approach the latter part of our existence. All who have lived to reach "maturity" have endured much to get here. A wonderful tribute to the trees and to the human spirit!
Rhonda
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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What a beautiful picture you paint of trees past their prime, but still in their fighting for life. Survivors of fire and time, they stand as a testimony to all of us who approach the latter part of our existence. All who have lived to reach "maturity" have endured much to get here. A wonderful tribute to the trees and to the human spirit!
Rhonda
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, Rhonda. Here's to the human spirit and to that of trees! I appreciate your review. Best wishes, Tony
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Hear, hear!
Comment from Brett Matthew West
What an enjoyable nostalgic piece of history to be enjoyed is depicted in this well written poem. Draws readers right among them indeed.
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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What an enjoyable nostalgic piece of history to be enjoyed is depicted in this well written poem. Draws readers right among them indeed.
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, Brett. I appreciate your review. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from robina1978
Excellent photos that complement your poems perfectly. They are indeed well written free verses. Most original about almond trees and others. The farm burned down in 1959, while the cinema had the film: The Raging Inferno played.
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Excellent photos that complement your poems perfectly. They are indeed well written free verses. Most original about almond trees and others. The farm burned down in 1959, while the cinema had the film: The Raging Inferno played.
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Many thanks, Robina. I appreciate your review and the six stars. Best wishes, Tony
Comment from Ben Colder
Good that they can be preserved and appreciated. They have a life and if all possible let them live it out. Thank you for sharing as I remember as a boy the wild almond trees that once grew near a creek where I swam and fished.
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Good that they can be preserved and appreciated. They have a life and if all possible let them live it out. Thank you for sharing as I remember as a boy the wild almond trees that once grew near a creek where I swam and fished.
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Thanks, Ben. Glad this one brought back happy memories. Tony
Comment from BeasPeas
Hi Tony. I enjoy so much your wonderfully descriptive nature poems, which flow so easily from one image to the next. You are a truly gifted poet. It's my pleasure to read your work. Marilyn
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Hi Tony. I enjoy so much your wonderfully descriptive nature poems, which flow so easily from one image to the next. You are a truly gifted poet. It's my pleasure to read your work. Marilyn
Comment Written 09-Aug-2015
reply by the author on 09-Aug-2015
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Thanks, Marilyn, for this beaut review and six stars. Best wishes, Tony.
