Small - bent and mighty

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    Just an excercise - picturing how once an Oriental might find a bosai to take home.

    Small - bent and mighty

    High on a cliff, just out of reach
    In the cold crisp mountain air
    Bent and gnarled is its trunk
    The tree stood proud and fair

    Not much soil the roots could grasp
    Not much water it could drink
    Half starved its entire life
    It sits lonely on the brink

    Hold my feet that I might reach
    And separate rock from root
    Hold on tight I'll wrench the trunk
    Now pull back on my boot

    A lovely thing, and old it is
    We'll enjoy it you and I
    We'll put it in a special place
    And share our own bonsai

    Not too much is needed
    It's lovely from its strife
    It shall now grow old with us
    And be a part of our life

    These small trees can live
    For centuries I am told
    With just the right amount of care
    So slowly it grows old

    I stand before this lovely thing
    I bow my head in awe
    I honor its struggling years
    Surviving winters raw

    A bird once dropped a seed
    And proudly it took hold
    Yet now it is part of me
    Its home is my abode

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    Hampton commented on Small - bent and mighty

    06-25-2010

    Very very nice WO. The majesty of even the most gnarled of trees is magnificent.....................Hampton
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    Stryx

    06/25/2010

    I am embarrassed by the 'you and I,' but I needed it for rhyme. Sorry.

    Hampton

    06/25/2010

    WO, you have earned the right to use the words in any manner you choose..............................Hampton

    icu2 commented on Small - bent and mighty

    06-12-2010

    Very beautiful. It's delicately laced with respect for nature. A sage writer telling the tale of the sage old tree...I like it!
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    Stryx

    06/12/2010

    If sage means 82 - I made it.'-) Your comments are important 2 me

    DrewMcNee commented on Small - bent and mighty

    06-10-2010

    Stryx. It is wonderful how, with love, not too many of what are perceived as necessities are needed. Drew.
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    Stryx

    06/10/2010

    Yes! - So true, friend Drew.

    SavVySam commented on Small - bent and mighty

    06-10-2010

    I absolutely love this quiet and thoughtful work my friend, a true thing of beauty, not unlike a Bonsai!;)
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    Stryx

    06/10/2010

    Thank you for your comment Sam. We are that tree, we are the pruner and must provide nourishment. But our size doesn't matter - strength does.

    Teardrops commented on Small - bent and mighty

    06-08-2010

    Well in a way still a love poem but love of nature . Great work my friend and loved the poem Marie
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    Stryx

    06/08/2010

    The title is about me - the poem is about the tree,'-)

    Teardrops

    06/09/2010

    The title is not you . Maybe what you see but not others Marie

    Stryx

    06/09/2010

    Someone is funny here - not sure who.'-)

    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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