Silk Trees
I remember driving down the sun-baked
city street, on a mission to find
something, somewhere, which
now I cannot remember.
But I do remember this: you pulled
the truck aside and said, “Go grab some of
those pods off those trees.”
When I protested you simply gestured
for me to get going.
To this day, I still have mimosa and catalpa beans
stashed away in an old cigar box, silk trees
waiting to be planted in the
rich, dark earth.
About this poem
This poem is inspired by a memory of my dad and sister.
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 28, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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