Once Mighty A Tree

weathered with time this branch be
once mighty a tree there was
in water's grace gently it drifts
shadows cast and light to behold
reflections, time past and a story told.

Rose Marie Raccioppi


Photo : Bruno Monginoux / www.Landscape-Photo.net

Weathered Mighty Oak

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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