Bare Branches

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Bare Branches

I prefer the melancholy

of bare branches

to the bloom of amber maples.

The maple’s final jubilation

ushers its funeral song.

Perhaps the jagged lines

of disrobed arms against the sky

are a spectacle of pain,

a reminder of what was lost,

an ache.

Or?

Glory concealed and then revealed;

bereft for a breath

before the crowning that will come,

an unheralded exultation.

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Bare Branches by Leah Downs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.leahjoinerdowns.com.

The Soul's Correspondence

by Ruth Mowry (excerpts)

The older the tree, and taller
the greater the grace.
They write poems with ease,
roots deepening below them
in the earth.
I want to hear the
Soul's Correspondence through
the spirit of trees, while I rest
hands in my lap.
No writing. No work.
Up from the essence of survival.
No, listen. It is far more
than that.

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Leah Downs: Truth seeker, foodie, lover of beauty. Bare branches move me. They remind me that this is not my home, just a blink before I get to where I'm going.

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