Mourning Peach

by Larry Chamberlin   Feb 9, 2015


The boughs droop low;
even the tree is overcome with sadness.
Here where we spread our blankets
and made love
nature senses her absence;
here where we built dreams,
those impossible futures remember her ambition;
here where her soft touch on my brow
reverberated through the cosmos,
each branch remembers her being.

An unknowing person would think
ripened fruit bears down these limbs;
I know better.
She was here when the buds formed;
she imbued them with her purpose;
she gifted the flowers with her fragrance;
she loaned the fruit her sweetness, now gone sour;
these peaches took their blush from her cheeks.

We all mourn her.

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  • 8 years ago

    by Karla Smoot

    This poem is a very lovely write. Loved it!!

    Your poem is simply "flawless".

    5/5 Karla S.

  • 9 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    The word 'mourning' being used in the title is an exact match to what this poem holds. Sir Larry has made a great job at describing this mourning through this poem, and this is one of those poems that emphasises the point... "Show your reader, don't tell them." It is a very beautiful poem, with stunning metaphors and a really moving message to be read.

  • 9 years ago

    by GB

    This is one the most mesmerizing poems I read so far from you.
    I admire the innovative imagery created through out the whole piece, how she granted the nature its majestic beauty and how this beauty is missing her, the way you do and maybe more.
    Smooth lines and delicate narration as well.

    Very genuine Larry, thank you for sharing.

  • 9 years ago

    by Sunshine

    Larry, you have no idea how impressed I am with this ppoem, I was planning to nominate it, but seems like I am not the only one who believe that this poem is a front page one.

    The content of this poeem how twiisted into the title and vice.v is mind blowing, and touching.

    The mourning in this piece, how everything relates to her, how the place is resembled by her and your love, overwhelmed my heart :(

    The flow is mind-blowing!

    And this:

    An unknowing person would think
    ripened fruit bears down these limbs;
    I know better.

    ^ OMG I keep oh-wing ! the description that followed just formed a beautiful scene!

    You. Rock.

  • 9 years ago

    by Sunshine

    OhhhMyLooordddddd. Seee ? I will always give you guys crazy titles. Im soo blown away I swear this is a front page poem ! Im tutorin I will get back to this comment in 2 hrs and half.

    You
    are
    the
    genius.

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