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The warm summer sap has thickened my bark
giving me a much needed and welcome tough skin
When the wind blows, I curl in my roots
like toes in tight shoes
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If it’s snowing, and my limbs begin to bend under the weight
I relax, letting loose all worries and cares
bending with delightful ease
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The sense of an earlier sunrise, and later sunset
stirs in my veins each day, giving hope and assurance
to my weary stump which bares the brunt of this season
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My buds will soon be showing themselves
and I prepare the greetings
The leaves inside can dream tall tales
the skies arrange the meetings
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Critters and birds are familiar to me
There’s more of them all of the time
I think, I hear, I feel, I see
a spring in my step
a rhythm with rhymes
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Lighten up and quench my thirst
This leaf in my book says, “You’re the first!”
Bless a tree, oh, love divine
Rain on me, my sweet sunshine
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Medicated Lady Drills Uncle Tree
Posted in Entertainment, poetry with tags bark, comments, drills, Homer, interview, leaves, manifesto, Medicated Lady, paybacks, questions, success, tree poetry, trees, Uncle Tree, wood carving on July 21, 2009 by Uncle Tree.
http://medicatedlady.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/beneath-the-bark-the-rooting-of-uncle-tree/
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Please come and give the dear lady a piece of your mind.
Watch out for splinters.
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