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If Trees Could Speak
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If Trees Could Speak |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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If Trees Could Speak Oh forest, if your trees could speak The secrets you withhold In naked winter, cold and bleak What splendors would unfold The seasons of a thousand years Contained in ageless rocks Are footsteps of the bear and deer Etched in your music box Your bark protects the song within The whispering of a breeze That sweeps the leaf and needled limb Of fir and poplar trees Your bare and icy branch would strum A melody serene Of waving fern and buzzing hum Beneath the summer green Of fallen timber, hollowed out Refrains of death and birth Of fawn and cub and sapling sprout And seedlings of the earth The crackling of the autumn shrub The strains of meadow lark The honing scuff of antler’s rub Against an aging bark The sounds unheard by human ear Are music’s finest hymns Plucked on your harp strings, soft and clear And carried by the winds The trees would tell the beauteous tales That only God conceives Of golden ships with crimson sails Across a sea of leaves The trees would weep the tears I’ve wept While stumbling weak and frail Beside me Jesus’ silent step Along this wooded trail Elizabeth Santos |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
OhDearestLizzy~ This is the most beautifully touching piece I will read on this day~ Thank you~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Copperbell Senior Member
since 2003-11-08
Posts 956 |
I REALLY like this. Wow. Good job. Such a thought to ponder |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Elizabeth: When I see your name on a poem I know I am in for real reading treat! Each one is a treasure! Thanks for posting this one in Spiritual. I seldom have time to get to Open. Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Liz your work is just AWESOME! What a magic touch you brought to a place I love. I can see the beauty. Thank you! (I needed to the see the trees through the forest) *not to mention the silent footsteps of Jesus* God bless you m'dear lady. |
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Poet4Christ Member
since 2003-02-19
Posts 211Oklahoma City |
WOW!! I was impressed by the J-E-S-U-S poem I read before this one, but I am a sucker for nature poems especially the ones about trees. Thank you for this will have to mark this one as one of my favorites.. once again God Bless You and keep up the great work. - Tim He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Proverbs 28:26 |
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Isobel Senior Member
since 2004-01-17
Posts 529Qld, Australia |
Dear Elizabeth This is a beautiful poem of nature and its creator. I enjoyed reading each and every verse. Love Isobel ox |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Dear Elizabeth. Your poems are always beautiful and this one is very special. Love, Joyce |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you all, dear oet friends, for reading this and for your very kind remaarks. I am pleased to know that you enjoyed thid poem, for it encompases two of my favorite themes, nature, and Jesus. THank you Liz |
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msflame Member
since 2002-05-21
Posts 188 |
Your meter and rhyme are flawless, this is a pure joy. Thank you Poet! (He has surely gifted you) |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Liz Trees can speak...you just proved it!!  |
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Songbird Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184Missouri |
This is so very very beautiful! The forest is one of my favorite places and you made me feel as if I was there along with a good message. |
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