April 25, 2016
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is trees, in honor of Arbor Day, which falls on
April 29.
Today’s poem is a poem about our spiritual need for trees.
I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
For ancient trees weeping once a year
Old, dried-out tears that congregate in dreams,
Roots cracking stones, branches thick as tropes,
Threatening roofs and power lines and bones;
Yet these remain our spirits' dearest homes,
Their silence irrefutable as popes,
Wild serenities, hushing all our schemes:
One's life must be more than pride and lust and fear.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/ancien.html.
For more philosophical poems, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/philosophicalpoems.html
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This week’s theme: Trees.
April 25: For Ancient Trees Weeping Once a Year
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