The Tree of Lost Ideas
Branches sway out of reach
Kites of green break free
Leaves brush shoulders,
somersault the breeze
Angle past my outstretched arms
They parachute down
Trail their fingers
in the stream
Leave their trace
in ripples
sailing down the river
Bionote
Cheryl A. Van Beek has had poems published in Sandhill Review, Vox
Poetica, Long Story Short Poetry, Five 2 One, Miracle Magazine and
forthcoming at River Poets Journal, and Dandelion Farm Review. She has
also written for a local newspaper. She is a caregiver for her mother
and lives with her wonderful husband and their two cats in Florida, the
“Land of Flowers,” where she tends an ever expanding garden of diverse
wildlife including alligators and the occasional cow. <cvanbeek@tampabay.rr.com>
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