Friday, November 18, 2022
Letter "T" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "T"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Tree". - James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Tom's suggestion, "Tree":
The Zombie Tree
- Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: The Table number marker at the Italian restaurant we visited was reflected on to the Table Top as a mirror image.
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Starts with "T": Starts with "T" for today is Tree. See the following first and last two items.
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A Favorite: Jim and Mr. Tim Man sitting under a tree along the Yellow Brick Road.
Reflections: Courtesy of the Island Princess Bridge Cam photo.
Tom's suggestion, "Tree": Half living and half dead
a zombie tree find
Gathers moss in the wet
its greyed limbs are bare
Birds galore love to perch
avoid it for nests
Except eagles and owls
they nest with views
Dead looking limbs and bows
they are live within
Devouring bugs and worms
invite birds to come
Serve woodpeckers' delight
be no quiet nights
Circus for Nature's wilds
oft eerie for man
Wolves and coyotes applaud
howling approval
Owls proud, announce their find
no other dare come near
Scary nights screech and howl
brave souls listening in
Still nights not for this tree
meant to be with crowds
The road is too narrow
more traffic would help
What it really likes is
having its friends near
Wolves and coyotes' bugs and
worms. It likes them all
Zombie trees always dead
Biologically
Their inner spirits live
until destruction
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- Poem and Photo Copyright, Jimmiehov 2021, All Rights Reserved
- I am linked with Rosemary at The Weekly Scribbling #83, https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2021/08/weekly-scribblings-83-pay-attention.html
- Rosemary invited us to choose one object in nature, examine it closely, letting it inspire in us a sense of wonder, and then write our new poems or prose piece about it (prose to be 369 words maximum).
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The Fine print stuff:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link is here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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I love dead (or apparently dead) trees, when they are as starkly beautiful as this one. I also love all the details you list of the life that abounds within and around it.
ReplyI hope this tree will again renew.
ReplyI have always loved coming upon a ‘zombie tree’ .. their personalities and stories speak to me. Thanks for choosing this oft neglected tree.
ReplyI'm glad you recognize that even a seemingly dead "zombie tree" has something alive at its core. Long may it live!
ReplyAppearances can be so deceiving, can't they? So much life creeping around and inside this no-longer-verdant tree.
ReplyThe tree has plenty of life enjoying it, even if it doesn't look alive itself. I recall you used the term "zombie tree" in a comment to me, I'd never heard it before, but it's perfect.
Reply"Zombie trees always dead
ReplyBiologically
Their inner spirits live
until destruction "
loved that ending jim, very well said, enjoyed this my friend.