I Am Tree

Over at Weekly Prompts, the Weekend Challenge is the word: Why. You may visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
Featured Image Above: A photo taken by Derrick Knight, >> https://derrickjknight.com/2023/10/27/autumn-has-arrived/ and again he has kindly given me permission to reproduce his intriguing photo, here on my poetry site … and I am always asking myself, Why?


I Am Tree 

 
 
I am the one 

Leaning against the sands of time  

I am the one 

Binding the earth together  

I am the one 

Delivering clean air to all  


I am the only one! 


Do not slaughter me 

Like another one of 

Mankind’s maniacal genocides  


Please regenerate me  

Before all of my ashes 

Are swept out to sea 







Ivor Steven (c) October 2023

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

21 thoughts on “I Am Tree”

  2. Unfortunately, we humans are, way too, selfish, to, realize the harm we’re, doing to nature, and, we won’t stop, taking from nature’s, resources, until, there’s, nothing left for Her, to, give to, us anymore. And now, we will, suffer, Mother Nature’s wrath.

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  6. Ears to Hear

    The language of my backyard poplar tree cannot be translated into English.

    At least not by me.

    I understand a French poet tried it long ago. Tho’ I don’t know if he was translating Poplar. It could have been Oak or Elm.

    “Lovely” was the word he left us with. Maybe that is the best we can do. Something always gets lost in translation.

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  8. Another wonderful and amazing duo by Derrick and Ivor!! 🙂 ❤️ 🙂 ❤️
    Enya’s music/video so hauntingly and powerfully add to your posting. This music always brings some tears to my eyes.
    Your poem brings tears to my eyes, too. 😦 We must work to save the many trees NOW so one tree never has to be the only/the lone/the last tree.
    (((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️

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    1. Thank you kindly … I grew up climbing and hugging the peppercorn trees in the backyard … they were my childhood friends and the magical giants of my dreams 🌳😉🧙‍♂️… and I shall continue to do my bestest to speak up for them 🤗✍️🌲🌳🌿💚

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  9. “Please regenerate me/before all of my ashes/are swept out to sea.” ❤ Lovely photo, Derrick, beautiful poetry, Ivor! ❤

    I think that well-managed forests, replanting to replace harvested trees, and preservation of natural areas would go a long way toward solving many problems. Clear-cutting can cause erosion. City trees help lower temperatures, clean air of CO2 and produce oxygen, so what is the sense of endless pavement and no green space…and no place for children to play and enjoy nature?

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    1. Thank you Cheryl for your wonderfully thoughtful response… hopefully forest management can be improved worldwide… I think Asian and South American countries have a long way to go 🌳🌲🌿💚

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