When your desire burns hot for someone unavailable, they say you are ANSWER WORDing for them. Have some dignity for Pete's sake, oh I'm also a type of needle you pick up with a rake.

This eye colour is actually a combination of three, Not only is there green, but brown and amber you can see, It is also a nut-bearing member of the birch family, The fruit of which is said to ward off negative energy

Some people call me stubborn, others hard of head, If you want to make me angry then you'll have me seeing red, I'm an expert duelist with the swords I bear upon my brow, A ladies man at heart, I love them all, even if she's a bit of a cow

Proverbially stuck between the answer and a stick; one is to tempt me, the other is to make sure you submit. Horses love them; in fact, you may use the stick to dangle me, to make them move.

Graceful branches sway, Whispering secrets to wind, Softly bending low.