The Trees Speak

The Trees Speak

A Poem by Siddartha Beth Pierce

The trees speak

in whistles and windchimes

of twigs and leaves

among the breeze

this late Saturday evening.

 

I was taught Botany

can tell by their bark

which is which

in the forest

as I brush my teeth

with the branch of a beech-

cook sassafrass tea

in the summer months

and fondly remember

my grandparent's horse chestnut

roasted once collected

and carefully shelled

from their spiney coatings.

 

The trees speak

and give to thee

the oxygen that you breathe

the home in which you live

fruit, nuts and berries-

they deserve our respect

as they are blessed living things

the same as you and me-

the trees speak sometimes

so silently that we do not hear them

yet cut them down or burn them whole,

in the end,

they will win

by returning to Mother Earth tenfold.

 

 

© 2008 Siddartha Beth Pierce


My Review

Would you like to review this Poem?
Login | Register




Featured Review

suggestion ..the speach is fairly mondern yet the use of Thee somehow takes away from the lovely flow of the poem..how about...
"The trees speak

and give to You and Me
the oxygen that We breathe

the homes in which We live

fruit, nuts and berries-

they deserve our respect

as they are blessed living things"


Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.




Reviews

The trees are so much a part of us and our lives. This is a beautifully descriptive kind of homage to them. They are a part of our ecosystem and as the laws of science dictate, matter can neither be created nor destroyed, furthermore when the trees return to the soil they enrich it so Mother Earth can again regenerate.

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Thats what I needed today , your words are so beautiful lifting :) .... I love it ,

I always love the song Trees by Rush you probably know , listen to the words here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHEcIbhDiw


Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

suggestion ..the speach is fairly mondern yet the use of Thee somehow takes away from the lovely flow of the poem..how about...
"The trees speak

and give to You and Me
the oxygen that We breathe

the homes in which We live

fruit, nuts and berries-

they deserve our respect

as they are blessed living things"


Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Excellent, I'm putting this one in my library.
____________________________________________
Natures rain falls upon the love
of her leaves.

The colors of your fashions
over whelmed by natures colors.

Rays of light drifting down around you
capturing your heart
dancing with your soul.

(((Hugs)))

Art

Posted 15 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Oh this is a wonderful thing. I can feel the intimacy of your words with the trees. It's wonderful.

It's a marvelous ode-like piece that gives off a natural return to earth kind of quality. The details actually evoke a sense of smell. It's very picturesque and feeling.

Posted 16 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

enjoyed this poem very much! It reminded me of my experience of tasting a tree branch in order to identify it during a college class... bitter taste; and it surprised the professor when his female students were correct. A few times I've helped collect chesnuts in my parents "back 40" and I do not enjoy the taste of chesnuts, I just enjoy being in the yard enjoying the scents and fresh air. Trees... they supply us with so much and definitely deserve our respect.
Good write, thanks for sharing.
Bear

Posted 16 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

I have read your first page, I enjoy your work. I very much like to read authors capalbe of making words flow in ways which I do not. It always gives me something new to attempt, although I often fall far short of those I learn from. I appreciate how you do not anthropomorphisize the trees, but express what the tree provides in humanistic terms. Sometimes writers give objects qualities they don't possess, that is not the case here. Of course trees can still evoke human thought, such as faded memories, even in their silence.

I have to reiterate, I really like the way this work and your others are free formed and yet structured. Very well done, I look forward to reading more.

Posted 16 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


Share This
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Request Read Request
Add to Library My Library
Subscribe Subscribe


Stats

230 Views
8 Reviews
Rating
Shelved in 1 Library
Added on February 27, 2008

Author

Siddartha Beth Pierce
Siddartha Beth Pierce

Richmond, VA



About
Artist, Poet, Educator, African and Contemporary Art Historian more..

Writing

Related Writing

People who liked this story also liked..