"The Senator" tree burns down

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Open Poetry #47

"The Senator" tree burns down

Abe
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since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2012-01-16 09:32 AM

“The Senator” burned down this morning.Sad!

Had the joy of visiting back in 80s Forevergreen(Big Tree)
“The Senator”

For thirty-five hundred years
You've towered o'er this land
Almost one hundred forty feet
The great height that you stand.

Fifty thousand board feet
Of lumber, your trunk bears
Some say, "That is awesome!"
And there's some who say, "Who cares!"

The top of you is hollow
To catch the falling rain
Like a well up in the Sky
To quench your thirst again.

Forty-seven feet around
And eighteen feet across
And if you died and fell
It would be the people's loss.

Big Tree, it seems such a shame
That you must be fenced in
To protect you from those who
Would strip your branches and skin.

I hope future generations
Can stare at you in awe
And that you won't fall victim to
Man's poisons, or chain saw.
(But alas, fire did it!)

Del "Abe" Jones

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

1 posted 2012-01-16 02:49 PM

Excellent write, Abe.
Enjoyed the reading,
and the news story.

(I had to Google the story, you might want to check your links)??

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2012-01-16 03:49 PM

How terribly sad! You honor the tree with your most sensitive, beautiful poem, dear Del.

3.500 years old, wow!

This touches me deeply.

Margherita

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2012-01-16 03:49 PM

I also googled here:
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpps/news/national/011612-big-tree-parks-the-senator-tree-on-fire_17102305

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2012-01-16 07:41 PM

Thank you, Abe, for your rendition.

We need to find the next oldest living organic monument in the US and hold it dear!

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2012-01-16 09:11 PM

Thank you Abe. I wondered if it was hit by lightening during the night? I have not heard anything more so far but I have not had the news on. jo

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