Sunday, November 23, 2008
Survivors
John Hewitt, Timber:
Ivan Shishkin, Teutoburg Forest
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Whether sunshine, snow, or rain,James Hayford, The Principle Is Growth:
Caesar now and Charlemain
Sleep and will not wake again.
Sandstorms sweep over Babylon:
Thistles cover Marathon:
Sheba's dead, and Solomon.
Winds fret through the creaking trees,
Gusty with ten centuries . . .
Trees are more than dynasties.
Of moving immobility
The model is a tree.
Compliance, fixity,
The tree has both.
The principle is growth.
The essence is to live,
To stay put and yet give,
To sway and still not snap—
And what it takes is blood or sap.
