Dark Mossy Tree

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    As a child, I played beneath this tree and it stays in my mind. It's a soothing memory.

    Dark Mossy Tree

    Dark Mossy Tree

     

    Your dark, dank limbs grow wide

    Remembering you in my mind

    Your strong roots placed so deeply

    Moss hanging oh so sweetly

    Green peat growing neatly

     

    Amidst damp bark beneath my feet

    Branches raised reeling, arched dramatically toward the sky’s ceiling

     

    Sweeping above me, telling stories of a century

    Of times both glorious and grey

    Breezes past skinned knees, broken in disarray

     

    Buzzing bees

    Lilacs, wildflowers that grew wildly in the breeze

    Smiled nearby as promises broken and kept

     Reveal for a moment, never to intercept

     

    A mystical bird chirped, campfires swirled

    Crickets hummed, frogs croaked, squirrels whirled

    Dark mossy tree remembers all, echoing children’s laughter

    Emitting swampy dreams long after

     

    For to look at you is therapy for the soul

    Remembering all the stories left untold

     

    -M. Jacobs

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    WordSlinger commented on Dark Mossy Tree

    12-23-2009

    This is really cool, I 'm wondering if there is more trees like this around, trees are so cool, ty WS
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    danmartyjake1

    12/27/2009

    This little story is part real and partly my interpretation of it, as a dream, I envisioned what the tree felt like and what images it has seen.Thanks.

    knight4696 commented on Dark Mossy Tree

    12-20-2009

    Great Job Marion! A beautifully written remembrance of childhood
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    danmartyjake1

    12/20/2009

    Glad you enjoyed that one. I am trying to catch up on all of yours.

    Paolo commented on Dark Mossy Tree

    12-16-2009

    What a glorious telling of a place that certainly has meant something to you. Any stanza could stand alone as packet of images and tell a story of it's own; that is how dense this work is with images. Because there is a story here and it is a interesting one you want to read this work again and again and maybe again.
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    danmartyjake1

    12/20/2009

    Thanks for reading and your comments

    ginga commented on Dark Mossy Tree

    12-16-2009

    Jake, The poem is inspirational in its story of the dark mossy tree. It stands so high like an icon to be worshiped. The poem also reads similar to a fable or legend, that is why I rate it a 10 and also why it catches your soul and transcends the psyche if only for awhile. ginga
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    danmartyjake1

    12/21/2009

    Ginga, ty, I appreciate your perspective about Dark Mossy Tree. It's nice to know that it has that feel to it for the reader.

    jademelissa74 commented on Dark Mossy Tree

    12-16-2009

    This is a soothing poem, filled with childhood memories and spiritual balance. I see why you enjoyed my "cedar tree" :)) Great write Marion!
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    danmartyjake1

    12/21/2009

    Jade, ty, I think it's wonderful that you found it soothing and spiritual.

    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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