This Great Grand Tree

 

Look I, to this Great Grand Tree

my eyes taken skyward

past the strong rooting

past the aging bark

past the broken branches

to the flourishing leaves that be

to the luxuriant green cascading free

to the light of the sky heavenly blue

Great Grand Tree, Great Grand Mother YOU.

Rose Marie Raccioppi

APOGEE Poet

POET Laureate

Orangetown, New York

PHOTO: Great Grand Tree, by CAR, @Collectible Clicks,

Rose Marie Raccioppi, 

Washington Memorial Park, Tappan, New York, May 2025.

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