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EmmaRose
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since 2011-03-02
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Midwest

0 posted 2012-11-09 05:55 PM



They weren't soldiers
though they stood along
the front line

not angels
though the light shone
through their frozen extremities

not presidents nor
dignitaries, though the stance
they too was one to be looked
upon with reverence and awe

not men of the cloth, though
surely they had been touched
by the devine

not ballerinas nor troubadours
mannequins nor mimes

though regal in pose
in mud claden boots
with roots in the ground

they took a hit today

some merely crippled, some
will never sway again
to a summer breeze

the greats of the forest

from the seeds beyond time.

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OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
1 posted 2012-11-09 07:24 PM


Beautiful, but heart-wrenchingly sad!  Had my tears flowing, Emma Rose.

Owl

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499
Florida
2 posted 2012-11-09 07:36 PM


Oh! I am in love! This is absolutely the best tree poem I have ever read. Thank you, jo perry
Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2012-11-10 04:34 AM


This is a great poem but so sad, EmmaRose.
                                  Ida

Victoria
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4 posted 2012-11-10 08:21 AM


Nicely done EmmaRose. Trees are one of the wonders of nature.

~V~

JamesMichael
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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
5 posted 2012-11-17 07:53 PM


Fine writing...really like the title...James
jwesley
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Spring, Texas
6 posted 2012-11-17 09:19 PM


Wonderful piece, my friend!!

j.

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