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Trillium 
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA 
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To Touch A Tree Is there memory in a tree About the way things used to be? Does it remember how it grew, A little seedling, soft and new, Adding inches every year To reach a higher atmosphere? Then when it towers up in space, With roots extruding from its base, Does it perhaps, at times recall The way it felt when it was small? And do the rings we find inside Reveal its age but also hide The history of nature's route? As this tree grew, there is no doubt That it survived each weather change. What forces met to rearrange The forest where this tree was one Of thousands, stretching for the sun? To touch a tree, is made to feel, There is a life form here, most real Published by Iliad Press, 1996! Betty Lou Hebert |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Lovely poem, Betty. i think a tree has a touch of God in its branches. love, Joyce |
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picturegramic Member
since 2006-05-16
Posts 112 |
Wow...if trees could talk.  Great write. Inspiring and thoughtful. thanks for sharing. picturegramic :) |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Joyce: I do agree with you! Thanks. Love Betty Lou |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
picturegramic: Thanks for commenting and glad you enjoyed this poem. Betty Lou |
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midnightblues Senior Member
since 2000-07-01
Posts 1597Singapore |
Hello Betty, I totally agree with Joyce, and thank God of course for the immense talent that flows through your hand  Love, MiCheLLe If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
MiCheLLe: Thanks you so much for your lovely compliment! Love Betty Lou |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SweetSweetBettyLou~ You KNOW my love of all things of nature ... I smile as I recognize my feelings for the trees ... you should hear some of the conversations I've had with them~ (they do listen, ya' know ?) (of course you do !) *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Marge: Of course trees listen!! There is always communication, if you take the time! So glad you enjoyed the poem and related to it, as I do! Love Betty Lou |
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Fabiani Member
since 2006-05-12
Posts 123Mesa, Az |
awsome poem really enjoied it ^_^~ Aim-DuWerdestBrachen |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Fabiani: Thanks for commenting! Betty Lou |
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skyshine
since 2002-02-07
Posts 3058Beneath the northern stars |
I liked this poem about trees....and trees do have a touch of God in them, as Joyce said....since, after all, only God can make a tree.  ~sky I hope someday you get the chance to live like you were dying.... |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Sky: Thanks for your comments and I do agree with you! Betty Lou |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Trillium, It was real real nice to read your poetry here again. By no means am I a tree expert, but I do think that one can tell a lot about what the weather was like, if there was a forest fire, if there was a drought, etc. etc. and can keep a kind of diary of time by looking at the rings of a tree... so, in a way, I do think and agree with your poem that trees can and do communicate their feelings, what they've experienced, what they were like when they were young, and a life outside of our own life. Enjoyed reading and God bless. -Bob |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Lovely!! I adore trees. As a matter of fact, I hug our pussywillow tree each year when it comes into bloom. I tell it "thankyou" and "I'm so glad that you made it through the winter." Sounds silly, but oh well. hugs, Chris Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Lighthouse Bob: How nice to hear from you and what you say is so true. There is always a sense of history in looking at a tree and especially its rings when it is cut down. Nice to have you posting here again. Betty Lou |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Chris: I don't think that is silly at all! Trees deserve our affection and appreciation! Thanks for your comments. Betty Lou |
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kif kif Member
since 2006-06-01
Posts 439BCN |
Hello Trillium. Did you get your name from The Hitch-hikers guide? I love this-it reminds me of when my son was about 3 years old, we were out walking, and he ran up to a tree in the woods, wrapped his arms around it, and said 'oh, mother.' I was gob-smacked. Trees are as magical as the sky, aren't they? There's a whole world under every canopy. Great read, thanks! |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
kif kif: Thanks for your comments! Welcome to the site also. Hope you enjoy it! I took my name from the trilliums that grow in our woods, every spring. They are a favorite of mine. What a special moment for you and your little son! Children sense things we don't lots of times! Betty Lou |
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Verbena Member
since 2005-10-17
Posts 196Australia |
Dear Betty Lou Trees are our 'life force'!!! Without them this planet of ours would be desolate!!! Only if man would 'remember' this.......trees do have 'feelings'....... Loved this poem! Love Verbena xo |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Verbena: What a nice surprise to see you posting a reply to this poem. It's been awhile and I've missed you! Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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