Deep rooted and held
Your branches like arms reach out
From the heart and depths of earth
Weathered mighty oak
Of many known moons
Healed from the wounds
Of harsh seasons past
Strong, deliberate
Confident in your determined pose
Enfolding the winds and light
Of this noon hour
Weathered mighty oak.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
A Study of an Oak Tree, c. 1638, Black chalk, pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash on white paper,
Claude Lorrain, 1600-1682, British Museum.
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From the heart and depths of earth
Weathered mighty oak
Of many known moons
Healed from the wounds
Of harsh seasons past
Strong, deliberate
Confident in your determined pose
Enfolding the winds and light
Of this noon hour
Weathered mighty oak.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
A Study of an Oak Tree, c. 1638, Black chalk, pen and brown ink with gray-brown wash on white paper,
Claude Lorrain, 1600-1682, British Museum.
Special Announcement:
THE WIND AND THE WILLOW
Now available in hardcover and softcover directly from Publish America.
Click on title, place title in search bar of Publish America Entry Page.
Thank you for your order.
ENJOY!
