By Order Of The Housing Association
Trimmers came and wrangled her treewith yellow rope. Steel hooksjabbed in its bark, thick branchespulled off, others sawed.Her sweet dogwood slimmed, barely-limbedto give fine shade or fetch nesting...
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diabolical despots a few years ago the local council in North Wales cut down all the wild plum trees - the idiots probably didnt even know what they were
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It's so sad when this happens! It happens around this way too occasionally.
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Dear Sarah, Kerri, Willow and JeanThankyou all so much for reading and sharing your empathetic and wise thoughts on this subject. Unfortunately, this poem is biographical. In early January, the...
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That's a shame and a pointless thing to do. Fortunately, where I live the local council are actually very hot on preservation. In the garden of the house we have recently moved from, there was a...
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Wendy,This world is leaning toward the sterile.It reminds me of the age old question...is art a reflection of life, or life a reflectionof art? I think of a painting of a stately homewith a dogwood in...
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How strange Wendy, the same thing happened recently to me, there used to be a row of pine trees opposite my back, they used to sheild the room I write poetry in, but they came and sawed them all down...
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Dear Sarah and Keith Thank you so much for these personal and heartfelt responses. I deeply appreciate your inisght and empathy. It's such a sad thing when they carelessly disregard nature and just do...
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Hi Douglaus, Thanks so much for your empathy and for sharing your personal impressions. I am glad that in your area they have respect for the owner and the trees. That is comforting. I only wish here...
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Wendy, This is an amazing thread and a heartfelt read. I want to point out the beauty of the verse itself, the intricately woven internal rhyming, and the brilliant short sentence, "The girl wept,"...
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Hi Rich Thanks so much for the lovely compliment on this poem. I am glad you picked up on the internal rhyme. That part of the "sweet dogwood slimmed, barely limbed" was meant to give the tree...
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Wendy... here I am another person that wept with you I hate to see trees cut down ..I really feel for the trees ....after all they are alive too I often think about the tree when it loses a limb or...
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Thanks so much Deb! I appreciate your empathy and perspective here! Thanks so much for dropping by! My best Wendy
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Wendy,This truly is a finely-crafted poem. The tone colors the readers emotions throughout. It is a sad tale about the tree, no doubt. Bt it is a sadder tale about the truth of what too much of our...
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Hi BrianIt's so nice hearing from you. Thankyou for this wonderful and empathetic reply. You capture the gist of this poem and the need for alll of us to connect more with nature and respect the...
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Wendy, this is such a sad tale. It always upsets me to see trees being cut down or mangled. They are living beings after all, like we are. Nobody would dream of cutting a leg off their dog, yet they...
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Hi LizThankyoiu so much for your empathy and leading me toward this fabulous and poignant poem by Mary Lisle. The imagery and language are gorgeous and she really gets to the heart of the matter. When...
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This strikes a chord Wendy. I love trees but right now on a parcel of government owned land bordering two homes there are three huge trees that look like they are about to break every time there is a...
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Hi MaryseThere are times when safety must come before all else. The practicality of that is sane, sound thinking. Though you might hate to see the natural shade trimmed or removed, a termite nest and...
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Wendy,I am bringing this forward because it should be closeto the poem you just posted. It's sort of like restoringthose stolen limbs...(well sort of, in my mind.)sarah
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