Poem a day challenge #57 (The Man in the Tree)

Scott Andrew Bailey

The Man in the Tree

By Scott Bailey © 2013

English: Green Man. This superb Green Man is c...
English: Green Man. This superb Green Man is carved into an old tree stump near to the Teversal Trails Visitors Centre. The Teversal Trails are concessionary footpaths that cover a range of old railway tracks and Colliery land. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The man in the tree
The plank
The turned leg
The joint
The dust and the shavings.
The tree in the man
The setting down of deep roots
The reaching for the skies
The drinking deep of the earth
The steadfastness and the wielding.

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4 thoughts on “Poem a day challenge #57 (The Man in the Tree)”

  2. Ry Summers's avatar Sahm King Thu July 25 2013 / 11:34 pm

    I see what you mean. It’s like we had the exact same thought (though, clearly you had it well before I did). Lovely piece, my friend.

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      • Ry Summers's avatar Sahm King Thu July 25 2013 / 11:36 pm

        Perhaps. It’s nice when things happen like this. Like there’s something beyond us all, speaking to all of us.

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