Green

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Green
by Saless

The leaves, the vines, the grass and brush,
Are so alive, so green and lush.

They clean our air and shade our cars,
Then feed us in our salad bars.

Yet form, they do, something greater,
Which we take for granted and call nature.

 
With my mother in her garden I did see,
The value of the bird and tree.

We weeded, watered, and planted,
Then sat back and panted.

But worth it, it was, the effort we made,
As we witnessed the birth and growth of shade.

 
So now I look around and see,
The spirit of the crow and tree.

All alive, all worthwhile,
Even those that live by guile.

And look forward, I do, to a future I see,
Where all are safe, particularly the tree.


This was the thirteenth assignment in a creative writing class I took several years ago. I don't remember what the assignment was. Can you tell I like trees? ;)

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Well, I Can Tell That...

you like to rhyme them with "see".

Eric

A tree's a tree. How many of them do you need to look at?
- Ronald Reagan

I never noticed I did that

I never noticed I did that three times before! Oh well, I still think it's a fun little poem. ;P

Saless

"But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend." - Eddie Murphy, Coming To America


"But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend." - Eddie Murphy, Coming To America

I think Joyce Kilmer said it best, sort of

Andrea Lena's picture

...I think that I shall never see, something as expressive as a personal observation about life from an author I admire...okay...a not even a paraphrase, so sue me!
Thanks!

Update! Still love this; wish you were writing more; miss your work terribly, and I expect I'm not alone in that at all! Thank you once again!


Possa Dio riccamente vi benedica, tutto il mio amore, Andrea

  

To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle
Love, Andrea Lena