violent winds swirling
roots torn, spines fractured, broken
history in ruins
fallen, decaying
casualties of climate
in a world, denying
I speak for the trees
cadavers among the flock
modern dinosaurs
Yiddish phrase:
A young tree bends, an old tree breaks. A yung baimeleh baigt zikh, an alter brecht zich.
As we near the end of earth month, please, can I ask you, speak for the trees. Plant one, or many, for momma earth. She needs our help. Trees,ย they are like the chicken soup for the air.
Completely agree we all need to take care of Mother Earth a bit more. #ThatFridayLinky
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๐ณ๐ฒ๐ณ thank you, Tash! ๐๐
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Completely agree we all need to take care of Mother Earth a bit more. #ThatFridayLinky
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Ahhh! Love that you agree! ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ณโค๏ธโจ
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We need so many more trees, I couldn’t agree more.
#abitofeverything
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I shall make a point of saying hello to the trees tomorrow for you and me. I’m sure showing them some love makes a real difference and they look beautiful right now
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You make me smile and the ๐ณ ๐ฒ too! ๐
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I am lucky, I have so many trees at the bottom of my garden. I love your poem and i hope the modern dinosaurs are stopped before it’s too late.
#blogcrush
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Thank you! Me too ๐ณ ๐โค๏ธ๐โจ #blogcrush
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Very important we look after our planet Thank you for linking to #Thatfridaylinky please come back next week
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We actually just took advantage of some tree saplings being on sale for super cheap for Earth Day at the store last night! #fabfridaypost
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That is terrific! #fabfridaypost ๐ฒ๐ณ๐โจ
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Such a lovely way of describing them! It’s amazing when you stop and think about all the things any given tree has seen over the years. #KCACOLS
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#kcacols the trees know! ๐ณ๐ฒโจ
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Such a good point about how important trees are for the air. I love that you’re doing some more poetry again at the moment Lisa – this was very powerful and the pictures complement the words. Thanks for joining us at #thesatsesh xx
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April was poetry month. Thought Iโd give it a try. Thank you for your support! #thesatsesh ๐๐ค๐
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Lovely … and short … perfect (not that I don’t enjoy your longer posts, Lisa!!) #GlobalBlogging
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We love our trees, and there have been a couple of big ones here on our road that have come down over the past two or three years, a huge elm and a lovely bee-buzzing chestnut tree.
We miss them and I still see them filling up their spaces in the sky when I pass their homes on my walk.
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We definitely need more trees on our planet. I always feel bad for the cities because they lack trees and I find that depressing. Trees make me happy. They make me feel at peace with myself and with the world. The world needs more trees:) #LGRTStumble
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We definitely need to start paying more attention to Mother Nature and to what we’re losing. I couldn’t agree more. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time.
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“they are like the chicken soup for the air” – what a lovely turn of phrase. Great message here Lisa xx #TriumphantTales
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๐ค๐ thank you, Kate! #triumphanttales
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Nice post – depressing proverb…#Dreamteam
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You are a wonderful poet Lisa! I tried to plant a tree a few weeks ago, and then the heay snow came again and the poor thing didn’t survive. I’ll have to try again! #BlogCrush
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Thank you, Alice. Try again! Our planet needs them. We will too ๐ฒ๐ณ Many actually! ๐๐โจ #blogcrush
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I love this. We definitely need to look after our earth a little better in todayโs world. Where would we be without it after all? Thanks for joining us at #familyfun
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Hubster am I will be planting a tree this summer! #GlobalBlogging
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Yes! ๐ณ๐ฒโจ
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I you tried growing avocado from its seed. I’ve grown 3 tress already! But 2 died in the snow. ๐ฅ I will continue trying with my avocado tree planation. ๐ xx
Thank you very much for linking up with us on #FabFridayPost
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We can try the avocado ๐ฅ tree. Do you get avocados? #fabfridaypost
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So true, Lisa… Nature needs our help desperately. Trees are sustenance, and yet we keep destroying them in record numbers. Still, it gives me hope that more and more people seem to be realizing this (in spite of ‘the world, denying’) and joining in, even in little ways โ like planting one, like refusing to cut down the ones in their yards โ to care for the planet. Got to keep it up, though, which is why I’m glad to have found this post ๐
Thanks so much for the visit at Vidya’s for my guest post, and the beautiful comment you left there. Much, much appreciated. Wishing you a fabulous weekend!
Guilie @ Life In Dogs
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Thank you, Guilie. It is a pleasure to meet you through your post. I hope your weekend was fabulous too. ๐๐โค๏ธ
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Funny I should read this LIsa. I recently saw programme on trees and Judi Dench. google it – might be on You Tube. It was, quite simple, fascinating and yes we do need them, so much. Lovely post Lisa. #kcacols
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I will look for that thank you. ๐ฒ๐ณ๐โจ #kcacols
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So sad to see our world being torn apart like this. We need to become more mindful of protecting our life source! #globalblogging
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I couldnโt agree more, Jacqui ๐ฒ๐โจ
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My garden has no room for trees which makes me sad as I’d love a blossom tree! Thanks so much for sharing with #TriumphantTales, hope to see you again on Tuesday.
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Thanks, Jaki! ๐ฒ๐ณ๐
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I’m back with the #DreamTeam
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You’ve inspired me to plant some trees with my little ones. You’re right, mother nature needs some TLC right now. Thank you for linking up to the #itsok linky xx
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Oh yes! Plant away! lovely! xoxo #itsok xoxo
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This is beautiful (again) Lisa. And I love trees, have always loved whatching them xx #KCACOLS
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Thank you! I fear this rain (6 inches plus) is going to bring more friends to their knees. Oy. Trees are the lungs of our planet. We really need them. xoxo #KCACOLS
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Oh you’re having some pretty rough weather there, huh? Hugs to both you and your trees! xoxo
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Thank you ๐๐ผ
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Love this. Absolutely perfect in its tone, that sort of choppy nature of the lines suits the subject. #kcacols
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Thanks so much Bread! I hope you and the crew are all good! xoxo #KCACOLS xo
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Nodding along to this, so right and such an portent message X
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Thank you, sweetie. My fear, this new round of storms is dumping 6 inches of rain. More will go down. Very sad face. xoxo
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We all need to be the change! What a shame that these trees came down ๐ฆ Thanks as always for being part of our #DreamTeam crew
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