Ode To Old Maples
I can hear the gentle trilling of a sparrow
From a maple growing old across the street
Ever since those days that I can first remember
She's stood watch in winter's cold, and summer's heat.
You may think her ancient roots are worn, and narrowed
That her time above this earth is almost past
Ever since those days that I can first remember
She's defied her age, as something she'll outlast.
While her branches hold the nests of mating sparrows
behind canopies of currents colored green
Ever since those days that I can first remember
She has graced the time and seasons that I've seen.
Ode To Old Maples
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Ode To Old Maples
I prefer to keep an open mind,....but not so much that my brains fall out.- Carl Sagan
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Re: Ode To Old Maples
Lovely and elegant! Or as Gray wrote "the hoary head is a crown of glory" equally applicable to Maple Trees.
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Re: Ode To Old Maples
Very lovely... When the hell are you gonna start writing limericks again... Terry's are okay but so so.
Re: Ode To Old Maples
Thank you Bruno and LS for your comments. I'll get back to the limericks one day.
I prefer to keep an open mind,....but not so much that my brains fall out.- Carl Sagan
Your brain is like an umbrella. It only works when it's open- Someone Smart
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Re: Ode To Old Maples
Lovely is my response to.
And calming.
Thanks Bags!
And calming.
Thanks Bags!
Re: Ode To Old Maples
Thanks Carol. Glad it was happening for ya.
I prefer to keep an open mind,....but not so much that my brains fall out.- Carl Sagan
Your brain is like an umbrella. It only works when it's open- Someone Smart
Poet of the Month
March 2011
Your brain is like an umbrella. It only works when it's open- Someone Smart
Poet of the Month
March 2011
Re: Ode To Old Maples
I prefer to keep an open mind,....but not so much that my brains fall out.- Carl Sagan
Your brain is like an umbrella. It only works when it's open- Someone Smart
Poet of the Month
March 2011
Your brain is like an umbrella. It only works when it's open- Someone Smart
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March 2011
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