Storm Broken Tree
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winds bend the trees
cracking elderly timber
youth comes into its own
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Nice combination
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appreciate that, Michael
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Rebirth…nice:)
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thanks kindly
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Simple. Poignant. Lovely!
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greatly appreciate that, Morgan
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Hmm that’s an interesting purpose I had not thought of before. There is a place for the last generation to move aside so the next can truly rise to its position of authority!
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the relentless cycle of life
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But it does speak to the necessity for us to instill capability and character in the generation to come.
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I’m hushed, pondering the weight.
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as I said to Joseph above, the relentless cycle of life
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Like this.
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thanks, Maggie
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Like that, Paul
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thanks kindly, richard
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Welcome 🙂
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I wonder what I’m leaving in the soil that will nurture new seedlings and shoots? I also wonder what it’s like to be in that half life of fallen trees–still sprouting, but never standing again. Thanks for this reminder.
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I love that image of the living fallen
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So the storm is natures subliminal vulture – a very clever poem indeed.
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keeps us geezers watching the skies
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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Isn’t that just the way of it?! Note to self: get more sap before the young yins drain it all. 😉
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sounds like a plan
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Brilliant words to match the photo.
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much appreciated
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