Your Poetry Dot Com

Welcome to Your Poetry Dot Com - Read, Rate, Comment on, or Submit Poetry. Browse Poetry Forums, or just enjoy other parts of our poetic community.
One of the largest databases of poetry on the net, now over 198,500+ poems!

Poems On Site: 198,500+ Comments On Poems: 427,000+ Forum Posts: 105,000+

Custom Search


Welcome !	Home · FAQ · Topics · Web Links · Your Account · Submit Poetry · Top 30 · OldSite Link	29-May 16:45:56 AEST

Menu

· Our eBay Store

· Error Submit

Poetry

· Submit Poetry

· Least Read Poems

· Members Listing

· Old Site Post 2001

· Old Site Pre 2001

· Poetry Archive

· Public Domain Poetry

Stories

· Stories (NEW ! )

· Submit Story

· Story Topics

· Stories Archive

· Story Search

Community

· Our Poetry Forums

· Our Arcade
100's of Games !

Site Help

· FAQ

· Feedback

Members Areas

· Your Account

· Members Journals

· Premium Sign-Up

Premium Section

· Special Section

· Premium Poems

· Premium Submit

· Premium Search

· Premium Archive

· Premium Topics

Fun & Games

· Jokes

· Bubble Puzzle

· Cross Word Easy

· Word Hunt

Reference

· Dictionary (Rhyming)

· Site Updates

· Special Content

Search

Top

Help This Site

· Donations

Others

· Moderators

Our Other Sites

· Embroidery Design Store
· Your Jokes
· Special Urls
· JM Embroideries
· Public Domain Poetry and Stories
· Diamond Dotz
· Cooking Info and Recipes
· Quoof - Australian Story

Social

Array ( [sid] => 58682 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => A Negation of Trees [time] => 2004-08-03 08:30:25 [hometext] => At times, the answers we seek present themselves to us, though we refuse to see. [bodytext] => Undrawn between the leaves
is the nothing which makes our
something-trees to flower;

and in that nothing is
the root of our obscure
suffering, and we laugh

at the pretense of it,
that it might shade us
the condescension in it

(that it might have been).

As a child, I remember
first learning of empty,
or negative, space:

and I remember the forest
as without colors

(of the sort that I could see).

My suffering
was the falling of leaves
I could always see

and yet denied
(when the obvious was beyond me,
and nothing, the sap of my imagination). [comments] => 6 [counter] => 545 [topic] => 21 [informant] => Sagacious [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 14 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )

A Negation of Trees

Contributed by Sagacious on Tuesday, 3rd August 2004 @ 08:30:25 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

Undrawn between the leaves
is the nothing which makes our
something-trees to flower;

and in that nothing is
the root of our obscure
suffering, and we laugh

at the pretense of it,
that it might shade us
the condescension in it

(that it might have been).

As a child, I remember
first learning of empty,
or negative, space:

and I remember the forest
as without colors

(of the sort that I could see).

My suffering
was the falling of leaves
I could always see

and yet denied
(when the obvious was beyond me,
and nothing, the sap of my imagination).

Copyright © Sagacious ... [ 2004-08-03 08:30:25]
(Date/Time posted on site)

Advertisments:

Previous Posted Poem | | Next Posted Poem

Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more

All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title etc.

Re: A Negation of Trees (User Rating: 1 )
by FleurdeSang on Tuesday, 3rd August 2004 @ 09:29:17 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

You took my breath away with this poem, Sagacious... Very well written and describes life exquisitely! I loved this poem... This is my first comment in this site, I'm new here... Can't wait to read more... Incredible. I can't get over how this poem is so enchanting to me... (applauds) Beautiful write, my friend.. You have talent. Write on...
Your new admirer,
FleurdeSang*

Re: A Negation of Trees (User Rating: 1 )
by Jackee_line on Tuesday, 3rd August 2004 @ 09:52:38 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

Absolutely the best so far. Well done.

Re: A Negation of Trees (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Tuesday, 3rd August 2004 @ 11:40:22 AM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

wonderful job
Michelle

Re: A Negation of Trees (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 3rd August 2004 @ 02:28:31 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

Undrawn between the leaves
is the nothing which makes our
something-trees to flower;

I have had to come back to this after my first read just because I wanted to let it settle. Wonderful undertaking here- and certainly cause for great introspection. The things we don't see...

i love this.

Re: A Negation of Trees (User Rating: 1 )
by zenmind on Thursday, 5th August 2004 @ 06:28:39 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

Wow! This is a poem that can be read over and over and over again. Each time I have read this, I have noticed something new, but I still feel like I haven't fully absorbed this yet. Great description, great imagination. I love talks of nothings, all while speaking everything. And like those talks, this poem encompasses both everything and nothing. I loved it.

Re: A Negation of Trees (User Rating: 1 )
by zenmind on Thursday, 5th August 2004 @ 06:28:48 PM AEST
(User Info | Send a Message)

Wow! This is a poem that can be read over and over and over again. Each time I have read this, I have noticed something new, but I still feel like I haven't fully absorbed this yet. Great description, great imagination. I love talks of nothings, all while speaking everything. And like those talks, this poem encompasses both everything and nothing. I loved it.

While every care is taken to ensure the general sites content is family safe, our moderators cannot be in all places; all the time. Please report poetry and or comments that are in breach of our site rules HERE (Please include poem title or url). Parents also please ensure that you supervise your children well when they are on the internet; regardless of what a site says about being, or being considered, child-safe.

Poetry is much like a great photo, a single "moment in time" capturing many feelings and emotions. Yet, they are very alive; creating stirrings within the readers who form visual "pictures" of the expressed emotions within the Poem. ©

Opinions expressed in the poetry, comments, forums etc. on this site are not necessarily those of this site, its owners and/or operators; but of the individuals who post items to this site.
Frequently Asked Questions | | | Privacy Policy | | | Contact Webmaster

All submitted items are Copyright © to their submitter. All the rest Copyright © 2002-2050 by Your Poetry Dot Com

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owners.

Script Generation Time: 0.052 Seconds. - View our Site Map | .© your-poetry.com