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Fur and Leaves and Zebra Trees

Katie Frances Hartless
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Fur and leaves
And zebra trees
Cotton candy landscape
Beneath a lime green breeze.

Chase the zigzag rabbit
Through dawn’s foggy maze
Pray his whisky habit
Is just a fuzzy phase.

Wrapped in woolen scarves
Forest potpourri
Red and yellow fallen stars
Discarded by the trees.

This time of year
The trunks show their scars
And the wind through hollow branch
Hums the year’s final bars

The wind through hollow branch
Below moon’s slender scimitar
For what once was all his
Will soon be ours.

© 2022 | K.Hartless

Painting by Linnea Tobias


“I keep wishing it could be that way because my world would be a wonderland.”

10 responses to “Fur and Leaves and Zebra Trees”

  1. Mister Bump UK Avatar
    Mister Bump UK

    Read about Tiff’s nocturnal visitors, and let’s hear you say that a tiny bit louder!

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      I read it last night, actually. Oh, those looney coonies.

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      1. Mister Bump UK Avatar
        Mister Bump UK

        does that mean we’ll see a lovey-dovey poem about racoons coming our way soon?

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      2. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        No, actually have a raccoon poem being published in a Creative Gem compilation sometime upcoming, although that raccoon was reading.

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      3. Mister Bump UK Avatar
        Mister Bump UK

        It’ll be really good with those big eyes.

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      4. K.Hartless Avatar
        K.Hartless

        You get me.

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  2. tiffanyarpdaleo Avatar
    tiffanyarpdaleo

    Oh, I loved this one K! ♥

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Thank you, Tiffany. This poem fits my tastes as well.

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  3. Jeff Flesch Avatar
    Jeff Flesch

    Just like magic. Made me smile. Thank you for this one, K. 💜

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    1. K.Hartless Avatar
      K.Hartless

      Oh, I missed you comment. I’m so glad you enjoyed this one. I was able to watch a bit of this film with my littles and it rekindled that nonsense-loving part of me. Happy Thanksgiving to you, Jeff. I hope your day is filled with silly laughter and the glow of friends and loved ones.

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