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Trees, trees, beautiful trees…

Posted in Trees, tagged on May 17, 2013| 1 Comment »

IMG_2099Photo by Pamela Paulsrud

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Spring

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IMG_2093Photo by Pamela Paulsrud

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Ready for planting…

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IMG_2113Photo by Pamela Paulsrud

 

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You’re invited!

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You're invited!

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A breath of spring!

Posted in Art on May 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A breath of spring!

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Magic in the Secret Garden

Posted in Art on May 2, 2013| 2 Comments »

Magic in the Secret Garden

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A Final Affection

Posted in Stories, Trees on May 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Rita Foltz sent this beautiful poem by Paul Zimmer.

Enjoy!

 

A Final Affection

by Paul Zimmer

I love the accomplishments of trees,
How they try to restrain great storms
And pacify the very worms that eat them.
Even their deaths seem to be considered.
I fear for trees, loving them so much.
I am nervous about each scar on bark,
Each leaf that browns. I want to
Lie in their crotches and sigh,
Whisper of sun and rains to come.

Sometimes on summer evenings I step
Out of my house to look at trees
Propping darkness up to the silence.

When I die I want to slant up
Through those trunks so slowly
I will see each rib of bark, each whorl;
Up through the canopy, the subtle veins
And lobes touching me with final affection;
Then to hover above and look down
One last time on the rich upliftings,
The circle that loves the sun and moon,
To see at last what held the darkness up.

“A Final Affection” by Paul Zimmer, from Crossing to Sunlight. © University of Georgia Press, 2007. Reprinted with permission. (buy now)

 

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