sweet birch,... tell me your secrets
---Daniel
white-washed in the sun ,whispering
---jas
deep secrets hidden in the wind
---Daniel
husky voices in a strong breeze
---jas
sharing all with the birds of the air
---Daniel
parchment paper messages sent
---jas
pious boughs reaching skyward
---jas
gentle shadows providing shelter
---Daniel
we leisurely stop to listen
---jas
to mumbled sounds of fondled care
---Daniel
and yet your secrets you will not share
---Daniel
a musicale played for us airily
---jas
is it praise on heaven's breathe?
---Daniel
in a feathered canopy up above
---jas
or Nature's sonnet on a wreathe?
---Daniel
the rustling quiet now, then
---jas
singing in the bright blue sky
---jas
intonation to the God of Love
---Daniel

There's something about trees that makes them quite majestic. I leave you with Gerard Manley Hopkins, Binsey Poplars, st. 1.
"My aspens dear, whose airy cages quelled,
Quelled or quenched in leaves the leaping sun,
All felled, felled, are all felled;
Of a fresh and following folded rank
Not spared, not one
That dandled a sandalled
Shadow that swam or sank
On meadow and river and wind-wandering weed-winding bank."
Daniel

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Dan We had to cut down a Linden tree, with its beautiful heart-shaped leaves,I cried, I love trees! annie
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Annie, I believe there will be a day of judgement for heartless tree-fellers:( Daniel
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yes, this tree was diseased, terrible to see, walked around the house peeking out windows, crying. ;( annie
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Dan how could that leisure line be better? annie
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I think it is great as it is. It certainly conveys a feeling of enjoyment to me at stopping to listen, ... in almost childlike curiosity trying to understand what the trees are saying to each other.:) Daniel
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How about we leisurely lie down to listen? Maybe to rest and look up?annie
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The line I really love is "parchment paper messages sent". Excellent! Daniel
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Annie, the original line flows easier for me... Daniel
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yes your right, I just love to look up into trees, the Linden tree had the most beautiful shape like a huge opened heart! ;)) annie
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Dan! ;)))) annie
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Annie;))) Daniel
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Dan ,got booted and felt like I was whisked from the glen!! annie
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Piece of pumpken pie now Dan? ;))) annie
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a bird chirps, and I go home ;) Annie
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Daniel and Annie - a fine tribute to somethinf we all take for granted and would be lost without. Trees stand as sentinels to our lives and homes.J.
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Annie, sorry I had to run. Pumpkin pie sure is great!;)
J thank you, we were inspired by your mention "groups of birch gossiping";) ... Daniel

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oh, just went shopping and bought some beautiful heather, and a pumpkin pie. It was a wonderful day in the glen!!! ;))) annie