Maple Plantain Tree

Maple Plantain Tree

A Poem by emipoemi

I’m a Maple tree with plantains spread

Amidst my crimson leaves,

With sparks of flair and flowery spurs

Enshrouded in their sleeves.

 

I’m prolific while the time is high

(From Spring’s rise to Autumn’s fall),

But as the last of my leaves go,

And Winter winds begin to blow,

Since plantains cannot further grow,

I cannot write at all.

 

I linger in the dumps of block,

Pale from the bitter cold,

And dead and dusty deep inside,

As all my gold is mold.

 

But once Spring stretches far and wide,

And the leaves adorn the trees,

As through my veins my sap would flow

To purge the wintry pain and woe,

And aid the budding plantains grow,

I thus can write with ease.


-EDP

© 2018 emipoemi


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It is a beautifully written piece of poem. The winter, as everyone has it, makes one stop, rest and reflect. No one can be fully energetic at all time, though not everyone would stop and stand before a maple tree to think, or even appreciate its own beauty. It made me think a lot.

Posted 5 Years Ago


emipoemi

5 Years Ago

It's good that it made you think, and it's interesting that you it made you reflect in so philosophi.. read more
This is exactly the kind of beautifully flowing poetry I adore bringing nature at one with how we feel when we flow forth with so much inspiration only to be stifled shut when writer block attacks - at least that’s what I get from this lovely piece because I suffered writer block for a very long time (sadly) I want to feel a rejuvenation for writing just as the new buds can’t wait to re-emerge! You are very talented with your pen :)

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

I'm one with my Muses (lol). Thanks for reading. Glad you enjoyed it.
I love the rhyme scheme in this. Especially the last stanza. Very well written, I can see the maple tree changing with each season. Brilliant !

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
It's very creative to describe the seasons of one's writing inclinations as like the seasons of tree foliage. It's a double whammy to combine maple and plantain, which seems disparate in terms of tree growth, but the sounds of these words & the flavors themselves seem so well-matched, it feels like a great pairing. Such imagination is rare, & you've pulled it off smoothly (((HUGS))) Fondly Margie

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

Once you know me a little better (and read a bit more of my poems), you'll know why that pairing was.. read more
I really could picture this maple tree. Via the seasons. And the change of its colours and structure. Wonderful imagery and great use of words.

Posted 6 Years Ago


Onlyme

6 Years Ago

I took that a fruit growing and seeding and changing in colour as the grow. Between the leaves. Shap.. read more
emipoemi

6 Years Ago

Sure, in a superficial sense. But plantains don't grow on maples (they're relatively tropical), so t.. read more
Onlyme

6 Years Ago

yeah, i thought something deeper when you asked me above.
It is a curious, unquantifiable alchemy is it not; the moment, the stray thought that will inspire the poet. I have never really tried to analyse what it is that triggers the inspiration; but my notebook and pen is always to hand, and I am just grateful that as best I can, I am able to articulate, that moment, that thought.

Beautifully written.

Beccy.

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Without doubt one of the loveliest poems I have read about writers block. It happens to all of us. My dry spells can last for months and then it is though a tap has been turned on and the ideas flood my brain. Thank you.

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

This wasn't exactly intended to be completely about writer's block (as in there's a deeper meaning t.. read more
Dressed down for winter witj all inspiration gone, waiting on Spring to bloom.
Very relaxing trip while waiting on a muse.

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

Indeed. I always tend to write more when Spring is in bloom. Thanks for reading. Glad you enjoyed it.. read more
When I have writer's block I get really frustrated and go through this mini period of self-doubt wondering if I'll ever be able to write again. Then, when I least expect it inspiration strikes and I'm able to scribble something onto paper without a second thought. Writing is a funny process and it's different for everybody. Writer's block, like winter, is probably a necessary part of the cycle. Thanks for sharing your insight into the mysterious nature of creativity!

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

Oh, believe me, it gets far more spiritual than this ;) Glad you enjoyed this. Thanks for reading!
Everything has it's season I suppose. I go through those spurts where I write and write and then I just don't feel like it for a while. I enjoyed the likening of it to the maples.

Posted 6 Years Ago


emipoemi

6 Years Ago

So glad you did! Thank you so much for reading!

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