Sunday 7 August 2022

Canopy

 




Wouldn’t you rather be in the grasslands

dancing to the winds and rains, being a blade,

being green and grounded, centred in the land,

watching the timelessness of light and shade?

 

Wouldn’t you rather be in temperate zones

be a willow weeping into a lake,

the paving under old arches, or keystones

or those meandering routes rivers take?

 

I do love the grasslands, I love the woods

and I adore the shapes of conifers

but the rainforest is equally good -

the different beauties of the universe.

 

No, there's no other place I’d rather be

content where I am – the current canopy.


15 comments:

  1. Indeed - nothing better than a bower of branches

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  2. Hari OM
    Trees are a constant and sturdy companion! YAM xx

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  3. If you're not happy where you are, you won't be happy anywhere.

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    1. Eternally true! Constantine P. Cavafy said exackly the same thing in The City, just that he said the converse - if you've ruined your life here then you've ruined it everywhere else in the world too.

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  4. You draw those canopies sooooo well. Thank you.

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  5. I love trees. I'd rather be up a tree than pretty much anywhere. Excellent poem you have here. It made me smile.

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    1. Sounds like a good, busy August, brilliant! Love the quote. And Winnie the Pooh too! Glad you got through the crisis. Look forward to your WEP post - I am seriously excited to see what direction you will take with this classical piece. All the best!

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  6. Yes...its all about contentment

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  7. Finding your bliss no matter where you are. Important to feel grounded wherever you land in the world. Great poem. Great attitude.

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    1. Thank you. The key to feeling at home anywhere in the world. Important in a nomadic existence.

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  8. Hi Nila - I'm late ... but what a thoughtful poem ... trees are the branches of life - we draw so much from them ... thoughts, life itself ... yes being under a canopy is a blessed way ...

    It looks like we're about to get some rain - which will be a blessing for our natural world ... cheers Hilary

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