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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 sing the tears I’ve wept While stumbling weak and frail Beside me, Jesus’ silent step Along this wooded trail Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (08-14-2003 08:53 AM).] |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Elizabeth this is lovely, it made me cry. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Rick Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 2903Victoria, Australia |
Liz, this was wonderful and a pleasure to read, thank you for sharing this with me tonight. Sincerely Rick |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
LovelyLizzyLady~ I believe the trees have spoken through your exquisite inking~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I? put 110% into a poem? Then you must give 200%...and the smiles on the childrens' faces proves it! What a lovely, lovely photo, Elizabeth. You look SO happy!!! |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Elizabeth, I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this write. I will just say that it is going directly into my library. Wow. hugs to you and those beautiful grandchildren!!  Chris"Hope" is the thing with feathers |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
So very lovely... every line. *S* |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Liz, you just gave the trees a voice and they spoke to my very soul...  God bless you, Dear One, Linda xo |
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MoniDaPoet Member
since 2003-08-14
Posts 73California, USA |
I have to agree. You have a purely beautiful way of writing. I hope your beautiful children realize how blessed they are to have a mother and writer like you. Bravo, Bravo, Bravo! I have only my genius to declare! [This message has been edited by MoniDaPoet (08-14-2003 03:49 PM).] |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
An aesthetic homage to a form of life so under-appreciated, exploited, and abused. Kudos to you. -MVS You CAN make a difference: |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Liz - trees as you know are my favorite living thing, and here is our pride and joy in Vancouver. This is a 2,000 year old, 65 foot around tree, that in 1925 was burned from one side, to make room for parking, and it is now hollowed out and a real tourist attraction in our Stanley Park, and never let it be said I miss an opportunity to attract tourists, here also is a link to tell about this tree, and our wonderful park. Lady, can you imagine if they all decided to whisper in unison one night the stories they have heard, or the sights seen, we would all be deaf! I know I have many a story from under a tree   And here is the link to tell its story too. http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/7427/bigtree2.html [This message has been edited by Mysteria (08-14-2003 01:59 PM).] |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
that's awesome! I'm envious...wishing I could write like that! |
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Robert Frazier Senior Member
since 2003-02-06
Posts 1014 |
This is moving, beautiful and deep...as the woods you write. Rf |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you, each and every one for reading and commenting on this poem, and Mysteria, for that wonderful photograph. Those old trees really do speak to us about the past. THanks dear, for your input. Best wishes to all Liz |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
They do hold many a secret, don't they?.. This is wonderful, Lizzy... Simply wonderful...  |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Elizabeth - this is an uplifting, spiritual piece, I love it! Love that pic with your grandkids, too! Cor |
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