The Tree
Michael Kroll 1961 (New Jersey)
The Tree
I heard a noise and it sounded quite weird,
I think I just saw a ghost wearing a beard!
It couldn’t be a ghost, just wind in a tree,
But I really think the tree is looking at me!
Trees don’t have eyes I don’t think they do.
I must be crazy the tree eyes look blue!!
The top is pointy, like a witch’s hat.
That’s just silly, now the eyes look red!!
The limbs look like fingers and one long arm,
Pointy and sharp, but trees don’t do harm.
I heard another moan, c’mon now gut a grip.
The tree looked it me and licked its lip!
Trees don’t have lips and don’t eat meat,
But this tree looks at me like I’d be a nice treat!
Even if the tree got me, it has no teeth,
It’s just mad, his Moms a Christmas Wreath!
It’s moving towards me; and my legs are stuck.
All that candy I ate, makes me a sitting duck!
The tree almost has me, hey, he don’t look mean,
Hello, have an apple, it’s really kind of keen.
About this poem
Written years ago around Halloween.
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Written on May 05, 2003
Submitted by michaelm.77094 on December 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBAA CCXX DDEE FFGG HHII |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 976 |
Words | 209 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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