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jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

0 posted 2015-12-04 12:53 PM

I turn my back to the world
the willow tree calls for me
I shall sit below its shade
and I stay very quiet
so small birds stop to find rest
on its delicate branches
I listen to them tune up
to sing their special concerts.

I learn to make my mind large
as the universe is large
not intimidated by
its vastness, I dance like a
free spirit with the wind through
the labyrinth of leaves it
stirs among trees in the woods.

I dream of a dragon who
lives in the sky, on mountains,
a pool from the sea, breathing
in and out like a sleeping
giant, and when it wakes, it
streaks through space, its fiery tongue
like a lightning spitting through
the clouds trailing it. I am
a bug riding on its crown.
I and the dragon are one.

Now I hear my mom's voice call.
my day is done, tomorrow
I shall pass my willow tree
again to sit under it
find me another journey

@jjote 12/04/15

Mr Martini
Member
Posts 366
Beneath The Line

1 posted 2015-12-04 02:44 AM

Free and easy, smooth and silky poetry jjote. Leaving the cares of the day to the wind in the willow. Everyone needs a willow like that.

Au Revoir

Here's to you and here's to me and should we ever disagree, here's to me!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2015-12-04 08:50 AM

Ahhh . . . The vastness of a child's thoughts, too find worlds far removed from the daily mundane world they live in. So easy to ride atop a dragon's head instead.

~ My inner world is my paradise and I am its keeper ~

rainyday
Member
Posts 304
Heartland USA

3 posted 2015-12-04 09:10 PM

Oh..the willow tree is so naturally poetic
isn't it. Liked the little ones imaginative
journey here.
A feel-good Poem jjote.

rainy J

Pete_W
Member
Posts 185
Scotland (UK)

4 posted 2015-12-05 06:46 AM

A child's imagination is so precious, thanks for sharing your magical journey.
Pete

jjote
Senior Member

since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2015-12-06 07:53 AM

Thanks everyone for all your encouraging thoughts and comments

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2015-12-17 12:25 PM

a magnificent tree and story...james

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

7 posted 2015-12-17 08:27 AM

A beautiful poem of meditation...love it
and the picture

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

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

8 posted 2015-12-17 08:38 AM

A beautiful poem of meditation...love it
and the picture.

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

Ticklefingers
Senior Member
Posts 710
Louisiana

9 posted 2015-12-17 12:01 PM

Very nice images both in picture and word.

88's friend

She told me "play one for your supper Danny and maybe you'll get breakfast".

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

10 posted 2015-12-17 01:49 PM

Dear Josefina, it felt like sitting with you under the willow, getting carried away into fantasy land. Absolutely captivating!

Love,
Margherita

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