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Before you cut me down
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Before you cut me down |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio 
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I wept at the sky for you catching catastrohpies, revelling in celebrations, wearing the interception between sun shadow and moondance, tricking down on grey pavement, turning stoneface to wonderwhirls, bearing fruits of the seasons from blossom to maturity, standing stoic in potter's field, decked out in pidgeon droppings, in the trenches where the forgotten lay, where barely a robin would sing, kneeling on battered knees with prayers cast on hanging arms, so soften your eyes towards me, a stump in the ground for now, on the head of the profiteers making room for conglomerates, i've held up the sky for you facing adversity looking up to the prophets, with my roots in eternity. (aging tree/goddess musings) |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Now you've done it! With this beautiful piece of poetry you have made me miss our Kit and her willow tree.  Now that tree of hers, has done all that you say and more, and its trunk has so many faces from ages past hidden for all to find. This was just such beautiful work! Now who could cut something such as this down? When will they ever learn to build around them?  "Hug A Tree!" |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
thank you kindly for that tree offering, it surely fits what i've wanted to bring here this morning. |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
damn mish...I love wear your musings lead today...by far a fav of mine from your pen now m'friend. yesterday is gone |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
 'cause I'm a tree hugger, too.  |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
OH. Just in case you haven't heard of the legendary Julia "Butterfly" Hill, I thought you (and others) might enjoy her story. http://www.ecotopia.org/ehof/hill/ There's an excellent documentary that runs occasionally on Sundance too. Catch it if you can. and a hug for you too, mish. |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Good God, you know I read this in many ways but mostly, first I saw it as the Virgin Mary, an old forgotten statue in a park or an old churchyard and of course, then, as your beloved tree, the one in which I do believe you share a soul with. See? I never (try not to) look at the title before I read, I just try to read, then look at the title) Amazing story Karen, thank you for that - as we see Michele on the 11 o'clock news: "Woman in Jersey refusing to come down from her tree, holding many small kittens in her arms . . ." |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
thanks so much |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Michele, it makes me so sad when a tree dies or is killed. I think they are wiser than us. Thanks for sharing your caring soul and well-written verse.  .......jo |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Wonderful and insightful Inkedgoddess. You captured the magnitude and the beauty in this. It is such a tragedy when years of growth are cut down in the blink of an eye. I very much enjoyed this piece and it's message. Best wishes and tree hugs, /Kit |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
It is sad when this happens.. but you have written it sooo beautifully Ms Ink. Mxx ~i want for myself your trembling~ |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
and when I am hewn down and my limbs are severed will you clutch me to your bosom and hurry me to your room of dreams and place me there below your mantle to be the warm with which your woman bathes enjoyed this miss inky |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
i've held up the sky for you facing adversity looking up to the prophets, with my roots in eternity. This is stunning! *S* Beautiful work! |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
This is beautiful, Michelle. I hate for those big beautiful old trees to be cut down. It was really sad, too, when so many trees were uprooted around here during the hurricanes these last couple of years. Good writing, Lady. Hugs, Ethel |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Michele This poem is a treasure...thank you for writing it! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
well, even with the hurricanes that caused trees to fall on houses and cars, I still love the trees. good write here! |
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bklynboy Senior Member
since 2002-12-15
Posts 660florida |
well done! |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Love this poem, Ms.Goddess Reminds me of a huge, old hickory tree that I passed everyday for years, that grew close to the curb, on the way into town...Demand for wider streets, demanded it gone....:-( Mans infringement Makes all things semi permanent. More tires rolling The street needed wideness Which made the Hickory shudder As workmen approached it, With gas fumes and helmets To collect the price of progress; Even though the tree signed no mortgage, They came to foreclose, by cutting it down.. You have written a beautiful poem, I can feel passion in it, I like that feeling..thank you -----------ice ><> |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
This was Awesome, along with the picture Sharon posted of that marvelous tree, speaks volumns... Hugs to you |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
there is so much more between these lines... wonderfully written Michele..I think one of my new favorites of yours M |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice write |
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Startime55 Member Elite
since 2003-04-05
Posts 2148Alberta, Canada |
The older the tree the more stories it can tell...imagine what it has been witness to...a poem that touches the heart....*big hugs* |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
hugs to you for this write! |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...James |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
"in the trenches where the forgotten lay, where barely a robin would sing, kneeling on battered knees with prayers cast on hanging arms" Perfect Michele. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
So many leaves to turn... This is beautiful, Michele... |
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