Tree At My Window

Written for Glosa Contest, a tribute to great poet Robert Frost.....

Tree At My Window:

 

Tree at my window, window tree,

My sash is lowered when night comes on;

 But let there never be curtain drawn

Between you and me.

                                    -Robert Frost

 

 

A tree at my window, window tree,

Tingles all the time, standing by the sill

Sways breeze around happy and free,

Gazing at the birds I stand there still.

 

My sash is lowered when night comes on,

The tree still sways, sways all the time,

I looked at the time as I start to yawn,

Breeze sweeps in jingling the chime.

 

But let there never be curtain drawn,

Along with me this tree had grown old,

It waves tirelessly till I wake at dawn,

For ‘tis my buddy, we hold secrets untold.

 

Between you and me,

A strong bond people shall see,

For I’ll soon pass and you’ll be,

To my son, guard as his own tree.

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AWARDS/ BADGES WON:

3rd best over all

Sep 23, 2011

• Poetry at its strongest
• Tree At My Window

5th Place

Mar 23, 2012

• Writer Cafe's Next Top Poet
• Tree At My Window

Reviews

[Amila Jay]

Spectacular!!!! Awesome poem:)

[The They]

I love how this poem tracks the passing of time

[Sarah]

very strong but nice well done...

[Dahlia Phoenix]

Strong words spoken well. A beautiful poem with strong emotions that let out the thoughts of one.

[Sindhuja Seshadri]

There is no other word to describe this: Beautiful!! :)

[Sheila Kline]

A memorable and moving tribute to the great poet, Robert Frost. He would most likely be honored to have such a fine interpretation written from one of his works.

Your words are beautifully penned, and helps us remember the strong bonds that people form in life!

Good luck with the contest!

[emmajoy]

What beautiful thoughts, trees and people most certainly go together, everyone should try to plant one, somewhere, sometime. Tis sad that we have to age and then disappear to the forest out in space, but our earthly roots can stay behind for future generations. Your words are sweetly put together, you've created some fine pictures in my mind, thank you.

[amdc101]

This is very beautiful, I love it. One of those poems that I love just because they are written so beautifully. Keep writing!

[Bailey C. Writing]

This was gorgeous, and I love how it's based off a quote by Robert Frost. It was almost like he wrote it...beautiful and a lovely way with words, I'm favoriting this because it's one of my favorites I've seen on here :)

[Phibby Venable]

this is excellent, inspiring and strong