Today, A real-life incident.
A non-fruit-bearing Bradford Pear tree in our front yard split and fell in the wind overnight, Friday to Saturday. We discovered this trick on Hallowe'en morning.
My Erstwhile Tree
I never thought that I would see
The fracture of my lovely tree.
A tree that stood with rigid will
Against the side of my front hill.
A tree whose leaves were late to stay
Until a frozen winter day.
A tree whose slant was cause for dread,
Whose leafy arms were too wide spread.
But now whose shape is just half-round
As once high branches touch the ground.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But a mighty wind unmade my tree.
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Hi Jazzbumpa,
As always, your pear tree poem is right on. My husband is the gardener around here and he has loudly, but less poetically, bemoaned the loss of a couple of camphor trees in a wind storm last winter.
C.A.
Thanks for the visit, and the kind words.
Cheers!
JzB the poetic trombonist
When I was younger I used to think all trees lived forever...
Some actually have short life spans.
Lovely ode.
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