Poetry prompt: Write about trees in 6 different ways

1. 

The tree is bare and boney,

with branching arms

and drooping leaves,

and home to more than one.

2. 

Each day, I park my car under

the shady branches of a large

peppermint tree which doubles

as the bathroom for pigeons.

4. 

Someone stands in the street,

their beady eyes watching me.

I run to my car and lock it for safety.

Only the tree stares back.

5.

Heat radiates onto

the earth burning like fire but

under the shade of the

tree they are safe.

6.

It’s raining outside, raining

Hard. But I’m dry inside

and warmed by the burning

bones of my benefactor.