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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Great Oak


Great Oak

Ancient, yet steeped in wisdom;
Massive, yet enlightening;
Never tired of growing or vexed by seasons,
You stand glorious in summer;
Monumental in winter.

And as you overlook your forest
With sagacious governance,
They all defer to you - dependence in hand:
Children of the undergrowth;
Arboreal underlings.

Veneration earned, you now command
The awe that few can.

Ever graceful, your evangelistic branches
Cast their serene shadow
Of reassuring calm.

Mark R Slaughter

15 comments:

  1. This one reminds me of my grandfather, God rest his soul. He always used to tell me about the majesty of the oaks... :) Beautiful B.

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  2. Hey YOU! Dats my picture. You did good.

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  3. Giulia, I have always loved huge, gnarly oak trees. As a child, I climbed many of them. There's just something about them that draws me to them.

    Zoey, I didn't know where I had originally gotten the photo, I've had it a long time! I'm glad you like what I did with it! :)

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  4. I too love big ancient trees - reassuring calm indeed :-) you've made a great image to go with it.

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  5. ancient trees are so lovely, so much history there, if only they could speak...........

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  6. So true Neva! Thank you! :)

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  7. Wow, what a striking image! That's just beautiful!

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  8. Oaks are majestic trees aren't they, I really like Mark Slaughter's poetry. A great choice as always Barbara.

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  9. Beautiful poem and image as well. I love oaks and thei majestic, ancient look !!

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  10. Thank you so much Montucky! :)

    Thank you, Kate. Mark's poetry is intriguing.

    Thank you Blues. They are a favorite of mine, too!

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  11. I would love to have a home right in the middle of such an orchard of Oak Trees.

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  12. Preston, I would love to do the same! Thank you! :)

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  13. This one is outstanding, I love nature.
    Hey, thanks for visiting my site, since school let out I miss the feedback I got from my students. Although they didn't write comments at the end of the semester, I got instant feedback in the classroom, which can be exciting and brutal at the same time. If they didn't like something they let me know right away.

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  14. Hi Doug! Glad to see you here!!!
    My feedback is probably mere drivel compared to your students! But, I enjoy commenting on things I like!
    Thank you for the visit! :)

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