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Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

0 posted 1999-07-25 12:52 PM

(wrote this for an ecological poster in Florida)

when
you are
sitting in
your wooden house
relaxing comfortably
protected from the elements
outside
thank a
t
r
e
e

When
you place logs
upon the fireplace
shutting out what cold may be
as the shadows of the flames dance on the
ceiling,
thank a
t
r
e
e

When
you pour
syrup on your
pancakes or hear robins
sing outside, then thank a tree
for everything it's able to provide

And
when you
look out at
the landscape through
the early morning mist, you
will see a sight that proves beyond
a doubt that God exists...warm sunlight falling
through the branches making diamonds out of dew
If all the things I've mentioned here mean something dear to you

Then
take the
time to come to
my retreat. Share my
serenity and, as the peacefulness
you've searched for, fills you....thank a
t
r
e
e

[This message has been edited by Balladeer (edited 07-25-99).]

[This message has been edited by Balladeer (edited 07-25-99).]

elvira
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since 1999-07-06

Posts 936
California

1 posted 1999-07-25 12:57 PM

ab fab...what else could i possibly say?

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one night at the airport...Childhood Memories...eight short weeks...your countenance...just watching tv...hoarse whispers...My One and Only...Tribute to M.J....Feel the need?...serving wench...the mistress...stolen hours...Perfection...devotion...Master...apart...plain...chat?

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

2 posted 1999-07-25 01:12 AM

Wonderful! And when we read a great poem, do we thank a Balladeer? I believe so!

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

3 posted 1999-07-25 01:43 PM

I, and the tree, thank you, ladies.

Ohme
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

4 posted 1999-07-25 01:49 PM

The trees I saw were Aspen. I suspect someone else saw Palm trees. If anyone didn't see the forest, I'll let them use my glasses.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

5 posted 1999-07-25 02:41 PM

Very nice. This would look good on a poster about ecology.

dp

Colin
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since 1999-06-05

Posts 596
Callington, Cornwall, England

6 posted 1999-07-25 05:47 PM

I love trees and I love clever poetry. Guess what? I love this lots! GOOD JOB Balladeer *8)

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

7 posted 1999-07-25 06:20 PM

TREE CHEERS - For Balladeer

Lost Dreamer
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since 1999-06-20

Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow

8 posted 1999-07-25 08:05 PM

Simply Marvelous work of art!

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2011-02-19 09:09 PM

Wow! You wrote a forest ... I thank a tree each day for my job. What would a bureaucrat do without paper?

A

sasanka7
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since 2010-11-17

Posts 30

10 posted 2012-01-03 08:18 AM

Wonderful. I liked and enjoyed it.

Balladeer

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

11 posted 2012-01-03 11:39 PM

Thank you for going back a LONG way!!

Klassy Lassy
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since 2005-06-28

Posts 2187
Oregon

12 posted 2012-01-04 04:17 AM

There are so many thing in this poem that I am thanking a tree for, Michael. There certainly is something spiritual about them. Sometimes driving on the coastal highway I see the mighty Douglas fir being laid low with disease. I've heard that it's a moth that causes it, but they turn to rust, and it's sad. All the things we gain from our forests, we need to protect them better and I wish they stayed within our own boundaries instead of being sold and then buried at sea.

You capture the the beauty and the bounty of our trees well. They help supply the very air we breathe. When you live in a logging community where the mills have all closed, the value of trees becomes more and more evident. I see clear cuts and hills replanted, but most of the economy here rested on the conservation and harvesting. Now it's tourists and sand dunes and a little ocean fishing. Thank a tree, yes!

SimplyGold
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since 2002-07-10

Posts 1453

13 posted 2013-04-27 12:05 PM

You are stiill writing beautiful poetry. Glad i found this.

SG

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

14 posted 2013-04-27 08:59 PM

Aren't we grateful for our archives....a tree is from where many art forms should be grateful for...as we are grateful for your wisdom.

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