Here’s another repost from February 2020. While I’m busy writing some new submission poems for up-coming anthologies the in interested in entering…
I’ve written a poem here, about a fallen branch from a big tree. The big branch coming down was of a slight inconvenience to the party goers, or were we selfishly thinking of ourselves, and not thinking of the “inconvenience” the damaged tree was feeling …….. again a timely reminder, of how “we think wrongly”, that we might be in charge of our planet earth !!
My Broken Mast
Yesterday, a sudden stormy gale
Ripped through my leafy sail
And tore my oldest branch down
Crashing onto the ground
Leaving my main mast, hurtfully marred
A long open wound, and I’m painfully scarred
Mother, will dry my weeping tears
And I’ll recover to live another thirty years
Fatefully, my debris fell safely
All my owners guests escaped injury
And I left their ship damage free
Tomorrow they’ll clear my messy sea
Then rest under the shade of me
Ivor Steven (c) Feb 2020
It’s so beautiful, love it!
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Thank you… yes i was doing a bit of tree hugging 💚💚
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Nice!
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I love how you used the challenge, definitely thinking out of the box! Your poem is beautiful and I thank you for taking part! 🙂
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It certainly was a challenge….as really don’t like convenience stores….
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I can understand that 🙂
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I love this one Ivor! Glad you were all uninjured! xo
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Thank you Carol, most of us were inside, because it was so windy outside… xx
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Well that’s good. Who knows what would’ve happened if you had been outside and that fell while you were out there 🎊💗
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Oh…. the lovely tree knew we were inside….xxx
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on my phone the two photos are like this beautiful jigsaw, showing the broken branch. your observations transcribed in a poem reads so beautifully, not just about a broken branch, you seem to become the tree, representing earth and the effects of natural destruction.
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Oh that’s wonderful Gina…. I was really being the tree, and connecting with nature…… when the big branch broke off, I was the one who said poor tree, I wonder how he’s feeling…. … and then I’m not sure how or why… I associated the tree with sea, but that vision seemed a natural progression for me…….
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we are drawn to certain elements of nature for reasons we are yet to know, but we all came from the earth and share the same stardust. I can just picture you looking at that tree while everyone else was oblivious and asking, “what can I do to make you better”, am I right?!!
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Yes….. I felt sad for the broken tree….. and words were seeding in my mind right then and there…
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SO glad no one was injured!
But, also, always sad when a tree is damaged or dies.
Mother Nature can be cruel to all living things…fortunately most of the time she is nice. 😉
HUGS!!! 🙂
PS…It is my WP anniversary so I blogged about it! Happy WP anniversary to me! Ha! 😀
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Yes I was very sad, and no one was outside to injured , it was far too windy…. 🌏😩
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Great Poem Ivor! Loved the music! Very haunting sound. She looks a bit like Cher!!
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Thank you Dwight… ‘Trees Of Eternity’ (Swedish/Finnish), were famous for these sorts of tunes…. sadly Aleah Stanbridge passed away a few years ago (40)
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Another good reread, Ivor! Bestest wishes on the new submission poems you are writing!
HUGS!!! 🙂
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I love this beautiful poem!
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Thank you 🌏🌳
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This is dramatic! I’m pleased no one was hurt!
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We were lucky Ingrid… but tree was hurting…
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I know, poor thing! 🌳
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Very inspiring, exactly, what we are, in need of, in current times.
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I missed this gem first time round. Thanks for reposting it, Ivor
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Thank you Derrick.. I like this one too, and I’ve placed in my upcoming book..
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so kind you even worry about the trees! Glad everyone was safe, unfortunately our trees are meant to drop branches … just jolly inconvenient if we happen to live underneath them 🙂
Such a mellow, hypnotic song … hang in there young man, things will improve!
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Thank you Kate, and yes every living thing matters 🌳🌏
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so true, I do believe they all have feelings 🙂
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What a gentle voice the woman in the video has! Beautiful …
I enjoyed the peom too. Be Safe … 😷 🙏🏻 😊
Isadora 😎
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Thank you Isadora, yes a tribute to our lovely trees..
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Poor tree we so often take them for granted 💜💜
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Yes.. we tend to take our life giving trees for granted, and I’m sure they have feelings.. 💛💚
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So am I , I am sure they communicate with eachother too. I think they watch us and shake their canopies in despare 💜💜
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