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ebonygirl
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0 posted 2012-03-22 02:15 AM

The great oak
Now an elder
Still births new acorns.
Tender, tender, acorns,
Soft, gentle, sweet acorns.
It's roots extend, beyond
Looking for fresh water springs.
It knows decades of solitude
Yet, still drops it's seed
For rebirth and new life.
Great oak, will you one day
Find yourself, enveloped
Within the love of the
Shading branches you
Encompassed
To finally,
Be still....

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E.M.L.

2islander2
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1 posted 2012-03-22 05:00 AM

hi ebony, a great hommage to trees and a delicate word about loving them, i love your poem, i love trees too, thanks for sharing,
yann

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2012-03-22 06:12 AM

Interesting and lovely take on the might oak, ebonygirl. The massive oak has been the subject of many a poet, and here, now, is yet one more excellent tribute.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

ebonygirl
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3 posted 2012-03-22 09:01 AM

Thank you Yann, yes, a homage to all trees
is a good idea. Ms. E

JP, Thank you, I always appreciate and look
forward to your comments. Ms. E

Marchmadness
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4 posted 2012-03-23 02:00 AM

Oak trees are magick you know and this poem is pretty special too.
Ida

ebonygirl
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5 posted 2012-03-23 02:08 AM

Thank you Ida for seeing the magick in these
Great Oaks. E

JL
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6 posted 2012-03-23 08:51 AM

And like the majestic silent oak, your expression in this write holds ones thoughts "still"...

Lovely write Ms. E.

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!

ebonygirl
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7 posted 2012-03-23 09:14 AM

JL, majestic are the Oak Trees... majestic... nice word,
JP. Thank you, ms. e

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
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8 posted 2012-03-23 09:46 AM

There is such a surety in the circle of life that you have in this poem, and in that also, is strength and tranquility. Very nice. I feel as if I am sitting in the shade of your poem.

ebonygirl
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9 posted 2012-03-23 11:27 AM

Thank you Nicole... You are under it's shade... As we all are... Smiles, Ms. E

secondhanddreampoet
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10 posted 2012-03-23 12:26 PM

grand 'write' !!

All of Nature ... every ancient tree ... is cause for 'celebration' !

suthern

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11 posted 2012-03-23 01:12 PM

Great oak, will you one day
Find yourself, enveloped
Within the love of the
Shading branches you
Encompassed

What a beautiful life circle you're written! This brings such a feeling of peace and rightness... beautiful work!

Strummer
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since 2012-03-14

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12 posted 2012-03-23 06:40 PM

Ms. E, what a wonderful write. The ancient to the young, the cycles of life over and over if you are fortunate enough to have a wood to see this very thing in action

ebonygirl
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13 posted 2012-03-23 07:27 PM

Strummer, there is an Arroyo
that I walk through, it is there that I admire the majestic oaks. Thank you, ms. e

ebonygirl
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14 posted 2012-03-23 07:36 PM

Thank you 2ndhandpoet, your poetry I've admired immensely. ms. e

Suthern, I'm happy you enjoyed the poem. ms. e

JamesMichael
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15 posted 2012-03-23 10:02 PM

A pleasure to read...James

ebonygirl
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16 posted 2012-03-24 10:31 AM

Thank you James, ms. e

Margherita
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17 posted 2012-03-31 09:48 AM

Delightful tree poem, dear Ebonygirl. You listen well and hear the whispers of nature. Very nice!

Margherita

ebonygirl
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18 posted 2012-03-31 10:30 AM

Thank you Margherita, ms. e

Sunshine

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19 posted 2012-03-31 11:04 AM

A wonderful circle of life in this poem, Ebony. Well done!

ebonygirl
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20 posted 2012-04-01 03:31 AM

Thank you Sunshine.

ice
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21 posted 2012-04-01 10:03 AM

This is a poem about far more than an old oak tree...
it is about every thing that is born, and dies..

It is the all, and the nothing...in a midway display of slow animation.

The oak is moving, but beyond our perception..

Its roots.."Looking for fresh water springs." moving/seeking.

Very nice, Ms. love it......:-)

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

ebonygirl
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22 posted 2012-04-01 10:17 AM

You, my friend ICE, are Code Breaker exceptional.
Big smile, much appreciation,
Ms. E

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