Black Petals Issue #97, Autumn, 2021

Beneath the Weeping Willow
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Along Side of the Road-Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
Beneath the Weeping Willow-Poem by Kenneth Vincent Walker
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Beneath the Weeping Willow

 

 

Kenneth Vincent Walker

 

 

For beneath the weeping willow tree

Where the winter’s harsh winds blow,

I embrace that warmth inside of me,

That radiant warmth in which I know.

 

A fluffy blanket of freshly fallen snow

Drifting and insulating itself from me.

No longer shall I brave the bitter cold

Fast asleep beneath my dormant tree.

 

Oh, some may say it was meant to be.

For this may be very true, but even so.

I am that man sleeping under the tree

Beneath the purity of the drifting snow.

 

 

Kenneth Vincent Walker is a "New Formalist" poet, spoken word artist, performer and author of Borderline Absurd (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press/ Community Arts Ink 2015.

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