i
Moonfog Madrone is lugubrious
But that’s not news to us
He dreams below a darkling sky
Where a redrum of Crows backwards fly
ii
Moonfog Madrone recalls the druid dudes
But without dudettes they were doomed
He stands in a field of whisky rye
He has wit for a tree, sharp and wry
iii
Moonfog Malone is made of petrified wood
He shouldn’t be, but is because he could
A miracle of life, a breathing thinking stone
With needle-like leaves of crystal that always hit home
iv
Moonfog Madrone has forgiven an offensive Spruce
Beside the infidel’s old stump, a reincarnation has taken root
Like a drug his fresh sap will freely run
For there’s something in Moonfog’s needle for everyone
Saragun Springs 
lots of clever wordplay here. I loved the Redrum line. Still spooky!
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Thank you Diane
Moonfog is merciful. He blew the Spruce to tootpicks last week over nothing and is bringing him back. So a spooky tree with a conscience.
Leila
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LA
Moonfog Madrone’s name was resonating inside my brain all day yesterday (periodically, pleasantly, and lyrically, not in a nonstop head-banging mad kind of way). The name itself has glittering resonance and you chose (or were given) a wonderful tree to bring to life, a rare bird (for a tree) who also has universal qualities.
The writer who influenced THE BEATLES perhaps more than anyone was Lewis Carroll, whose influence can be felt (in the good way) in songs like “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” many of the tale/tunes on The White Album, and just generally in the personas of the band members and the overall rebellious, humorous, subversive, satirical/universal attitude/s.
“Part Three” today really seems to resonate with some of The Beatles’ best songs really in the best possible way, right from the wonderfully long full title and all the way down to lines such as:
“Beside the infidel’s old stump, a reincarnation has taken root.”
My guess is this kind of artistic resonance may have been largely subconscious on your part, because that’s the way poetry often works, but it never matters HOW it happens, what matters is the final result.
And the final result here is its own Magical Mystery Tour that Paul McCartney himself, if he read this, would recognize in the good way and be (in the good way) jealous of!
CONGRATS!
Dale
PS
This poem is also so much FUN to read and re-read!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you Dale!
Dickens the best namer. Uriah Heep sounds like the guy. Scrooge, Copperfield, and dozens others.
Moonfog is pleased with you!
Leila
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Hi again Dale
I also think that Moonfog would enjoy meeting the star of your post tomorrow!
Leila
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Leila
We’ll have to get those two together some time, I’m sure they’d enjoy each other’s company!!
Dale
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