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SHADE TREE MUSINGS
Here's another oldie I dusted off.........
I'm sitting here beneath a tree
that must be thrice as old as me
and as I sit I think about
how this huge tree was once a sprout.
Through all the years that it has grown
how many fields have farmers sown ?
and since it was a mere acorn
how many generations born ?
Beneath its spreading summer shade
what lovers' promises were made
while out upon an evening's lark
and carving names in smooth beech bark?
So many times this monarch shed
its autumn coat of gold and red
to spend the winter cold and chill
while standing on this wooded hill.
And long ago on a still day
did gray clad soldiers come this way
and camp beside it on this hill?
Perhaps their ghosts remain here still.
It's seen us go from carts to cars
from telegraphs to hearing stars
observed yon valley raped and raw
by the log skidders and chainsaw.
I wonder at this trees long life
the peace it's lived through and the strife
how oft it's seen the setting sun
'twill still be here when I am done.
Comments
scribbler
Tue, 2010-11-23 16:33
musings
thank you for the extravagant praise lol........stan
scribbler
Tue, 2010-11-23 16:35
musings
especially the red woods and bristle cone pines. Thanks for the visit.......stan
mand
Tue, 2010-11-23 10:14
Hellooo Stan
Yes some tree can live for hundreds of years and what stories they could tell! Love your imagery and imagination. It sounds like it's had alot of history - soldiers camping by.
A very good write Stan, I enjoyed reading very much.
Love Mand xxxxxx
scribbler
Tue, 2010-11-23 16:36
musings
As I enjoy having you visit.........scribbler
Lavender
Sat, 2020-04-25 20:11
Shade Tree Musings
Hello!
This is a special poem, not only for the great structure and rhyme, but for the appreciation of our faithful friends, the trees. Your poem recognizes all the healing therapy, history, and peace trees bring to our lives. I especially like the last stanza - almost a little poem in itself.
Thank you!
Lavender
(And of course, yesterday was Arbor Day!)
scribbler
Sat, 2020-04-25 23:48
It's always
nice to see a new name pop up on a poem of mine. Thank you for the visit and your kind comment
scribbler
Sun, 2020-04-26 11:24
Hi Alan
When I go back and edit some of my stuff I am sometimes taken by surprise that it was really ME who wrote it lol. I am pleased you enjoyed this oldie