Trees eternal gods, solidified star light, armed defenders dissolving stress they thin your blood, wooden proximity preventing clots, leaving you warm feet without emitting heat
Its food air, chewing it with stomata, solidified wind, crystallized atmosphere
A tree built of gas
Nomads walking over ground leaving no foot prints while chasing the sun
Its skin a tattooed scroll of wisdom lost
Compassionate roots, a network that knows its family, entwined aid
Its language unheeded no tongue needed
Time a chronograph of measured rings
With a wooden ledger, it is an honest banker repaying all debts in liquid star light
Leaves of poison to threats
Grandeur broken by the force of gravity
Its breath a gift of life
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- Comment from author about the poem: Beneath the surface, tree roots form a symbiotic relationship with mycorrhizal fungi, creating a vast and intricate network that connects botanic creatures in a woodland community. Through this hidden web of life, trees exchange essential nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus Native to the rainforests of Central and South America, the walking palm has a unique ability to move its roots, giving it the appearance of ‘walking’ over time. When we immerse ourselves in natural environments with trees, our bodies tend to produce lower levels of stress hormones, such as cortisol.
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Good write SB.
Thanks so much Orchi it is appreciated
Wow this is an amazing treatise on the humble tree. Very detailed and impressive.I actually learnt something.Thank you so much.A great work.
Thank you David for the review and comment. Trees unrecognized guardians of life giving us oxygen to breath, improving our health mentally and physically we treat as inanimate objects cutting indiscriminately, living thousands of years, our elders, they deserve more respect.
"Grandeur broken by the force of gravity" : It has been said "Five feet of earth make all men equal." Underground, the creepy crawlies not not distinguish or recognise the humblest or the mightiest. It's the same dinner...
Gravity vanquishes all. Even low flying objects or spacecraft in orbit. They all come crashing down. It is so with all living beings, including human. It has been said "The highest tree has the biggest fall."
Sam Phillips : “3000 Proverbs.” New Delhi : Goodwill Publishing House, c 2017. Full acknowledgements are made here to the author/s, publishers and rights-holders.
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I thank you very much Soman for a response that captures the feeling of the poem. I was inspired by finding that trees grow not from what they take from the earth but from star light (sun) they are literally built of gas and light. Your quotes and information is most appreciated my friend
Powerful work.
Thank you so much Thomas it is appreciated
It's time for the magic mushroom harvest .Thanks for reminding me !
A mushroom does look like a small tree. Thanks Lorenz
From now on I'll look at mushrooms with respect !
You are a master Soren. This is lovely. Who knew there
was so much to know about trees.
Blessings to you on this fine day, Katie
You are most kind Katie and your words are most appreciated. Thank you so much for the read
Your poem 'Miracle' is a profoundly uplifting tribute to the majestic bond between trees and life, radiating their essential role in fostering and protecting the planet and all its inhabitants, while highlighting their robust strength, timeless wisdom, and breathtaking beauty as shining beacons of unyielding resilience and boundless hope.
Thank you so much my friend for the review and most understanding interpretation it is deeply appreciated.
You're very welcome, my friend.
Great biology lesson writ up in poetic form, Sir.
Enjoyed your informative account, Soren.
Thanks Dave You are most kind my friend and deeply appreciated
Just like those tree systems larger than the Great Barrier Reef! Amazing 🙏🏻🕊️
Thanks Cryptic for the review and comment it is as always most appreciated
Most welcome Soren🙏🏻🕊️ (pando aspen and Shark Bay sea grass)
Soren, this reads like a poetic anatomy of a tree…from roots to breath to rings of time. The cosmic language of starlight, air, and atmosphere elevates the tree from simple plant to something almost mythic. It becomes both life-giver and silent historian of the world around it. A rich reflection. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Thank you so much Tristan for the read and your words of support and encouragement it is most appreciated.
Most welcome, Soren!
You are welcome. We will notice that animals and trees develop survival strategies. In very cold, snowy climates, trees hibernate. If they try to fight back winter they will probably lose. So, they shed their leaves and hunker down, save energy, waiting for spring to come back. In spring they feel renewed. Flowers and fruits will sprout out again. In some cases, the seeds that fall to the ground sprout into new trees. Or, the roots underground move away and come up as new trees at some distance away. Thus, renewal is programmed. There is one particular shrub that produces light pods in which the seeds are found. When the pod breaks up, each seed comes out with fluffy stuff like a parachute. The wind blows that thing away and it alights at another place where it will grow up as a new tree. Thus, this dispersion is a strategy for giving more chances to the tree to reproduce itself.
Thank you Soman for the review yes have seen trees in winter and that type of seedpod as well. Your support is deeply appreciated.
So much Info in this Poem. Thank you for Write.
Thanks so much Kevin for the read and comment it is most valued
Tress are magnificent soren and if they could talk they could tell such wonderful stories.
Andy
So true Andy thank you so much for your review and understanding words of support they are always most appreciated
A fine write. Some great lines. Nicely done, my friend.
Thank you Tom for your kind comment and read it is most appreciated
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