Tag Archives: Trees

on time

grow straight, tall and true
more tricky than imagined
trees flex with the wind

~

CLP 08/02/2023

on time

how long is there left?
unknowable until past
then all will make sense

~

n.b. This mighty tree was not left to fall. See the heart drawn across the split? Love binding it together, or representing a break? Who knows? This is art.

CLP 30/05/2022

on light

come, sit on this bench
watch kaleidoscopic trees
run through all the greens

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CLP 17/05/2022

on light

tune into new day
Sun tweaks its colour settings
birdsong audible

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n.b. Without the dampening affect of full foliage the morning is a pretty noisy time of day, particularly now that there is no lockdown in England and traffic on the bypass and into the city centre is increasingly heavy.

~

CLP 12/01/2022

October

fungi in heart of oak
working to bring giant down
humbling royalty

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n.b. We are all mortal.

CLP 16/10/201

On Late August

with each breath begins
undressing of trees revealing
deep strength, stark beauty

~

CLP 27/08/2021

On The Wind

empty container
scutters along dry gutter
rustle of leaves

~

CLP 26/08/2021

The Magic Picture Tree

What do you see in the shape of this old oak tree

Shaped by lightening, prevailing winds, minerals and time?

I saw an opera singer, big as a house

Someone else a buried cross

What can you shape from this old oak tree?

~

CLP 25/05/2021

On Water xxvii

bent double by grief

sadness enough to birth rivers

path shadowed by tears

~

CLP 04/05/2021

On Branches

Above these thick limbs

the canopy frame prepares

to harvest sunlight

~

CLP 18/03/2021