union: the nature
for dave
©2010 Susan Noyes Anderson
our roots run
together
trunk to trunk
we rise up
bark on bark
we grow
leave knots
love knots
forget-me-knots
knotholes and
arching separations
always winding back
together
bowing
to and fro
as branch in
branch we dance
and struggle
hang low then
stretch high
boughs yearning
reaching turning
tasting bits of
one (the very same)
bright azure sky
24 comments:
And just as nature is all under the same blue sky, so are all of we. Our branches intertwine from time to time, too. :)
This really made me stop and think! Wonderful words & image.
Happy Alphabe-Thursday!
LOLA:)
PS Mine this week is HERE. Hope you can join me!
I suspect, or hope, you will not be making the music decision democratically. This is a really great poem and is enhanced by the music. It would be a shame if your trees had to run together, rise up, leave knots, dance, and struggle without accompaniment. However, more Neil Young would be good.
Respectfully Submitted,
Matthew D. Anderson
gorgeous. This is one of my new favorite poems. Perhaps you could submit it to Segullah for this month's topic on challenges in marriage? and yes, the music does add to it.
The truth is, music on blogs is simply a matter of taste. I vote you leave it for the people who enjoy it because it's no work at all for someone like me (in a very noisy household!) to turn it off.
I like the idea of tasting bits of the same bright azure sky, as do we :)
This post is so beautiful! What images it paints.
One of your very best. So beautiful!
So worth getting in trouble with Christi to get on the internet.
Lovely
Thanks for sharing his Sue
Love
Maggie
Nature is my religion, my way to connect with god...love..love..love..the poem
So sweet and poignant. As always, I am in love with your poems and anticipate the next.
This was great. A beautiful poem. Good job.
well that was just plain beautiful!!!
that is beautiful! i think its a new favorite of mine, Thanks for sharing!
Well, this one really made me cry again. I wish the tears didn't come so fast. It seems my emotions are close to the surface these days. Your words are so beautiful, so expressive. I'll bet Dave loved this one.
I love that picture of the tree.
That is so sweet!! So beautifully written.
Your words paint vivid images....this is beautiful....
What a beautiful post!!
love this one
what a beautiful poem . That was truly lovely!
...beautiful poetry...so full of imagery!
Blessings & Aloha!
Sue. This was absolutely beautiful.
Do you paint? What a lovely gift with flowers and leaves painted around your perfect words.
Thank you for sharing this peaceful, lovely and charming link on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's letter "U"!
It was unbelievably neat!
A+
Did you take the photo, too?
Love it.
I did not take this particular picture. A friend did.
=)
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