Tree of the Swirling Waters

inspired by trees & water

Ripples upon the water
Bare branches quiver in reflective delight
Water swirls in cosmic abandonment

 

A dreaming tree aches for circling bright waters
to speak a universal language
Might not a ripple speak with a tree's spirit?

 

Bare branches sway like a whispering wind
Earth ponders the reflection's delight
Earth dances to cosmic spirit

 

Water embraces magic shapes
Swirling messages
Reflective meditation

Author's Note

experimental poetry

Reviews

[emmajoy]

' Water embraces magic shapes ~~ Swirling messages ~~ Reflective meditation '

We are the best of our surroundings - if we allow ourselves to be touched by them. Even a bright satin green blade of grass has its own magnificence.

Your words really reach inside a person .. this poem engulfs thought. Beautiful.

[Pendantry]

The shape you've drawn here seems to me to be of a tree's reflection in gently swirling waters; as I read, I'm drawn down to the poem's strong roots, from which the words above have grown.

(I was originally puzzled by your repetition of 'water,' 'earth,' and 'bare branches' -- but one would expect to see duplication in watery reflections.)

[Laughing-Bear]

My Dear Writing Friend Desert Dreamer,
You poem brought to me memories of sitting at a special place on a small remote lake and watching the crystal clear reflection on the water of the tree, and surrounding beauty at hand as I sat under this tree.
With some First Nation people’s concept of Deep Time, there is a belief in Tree Spirits. There are good Tree Spirits and bad Tree Spirits. It is not so much that the trees have the spirit of good and bad but it’s our feelings around these trees that give them their classifications. Thus a first kiss by a certain tree would likely invoke a good memory by this tree making it a good Tree Spirit. And if a band had been slaughtered next to a certain group of trees, these trees would for then on be classified as bad Tree Spirits.
Your poem concerning the connectedness of nature I would classify as a good Tree Spirit. It brings the reader peace and tranquility. A most beautiful expression of nature.

Blessings, Laughing-Bear

[Ladysue]

Might not a ripple speak with a tree's spirit? wow, that is a fantastic line..I adore this, especially that last verse...so beautiful, calm and utterly peaceful...

[Cecelia]

This one ripples in the mind and spirit calling one to embrace magic moments of being one with all.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

When you let loose and go with the flow then you open yourself up to endless possibilities. Brilliant poetry.

[OT]

oh you are at one with nature - what a line this is - and what an idea too - "Might not a ripple speak with a tree's spirit?" - might not indeed! the spirit of all things - more equal than not I always thought - here the intermingling of the forces and nature - nice!

[Robin]

meditative appreciation

[Samuel Dickens]

A successful experiment, I'd say. The connections between water, spirit and tree are clear and beautiful. I love the images your mind conjures.

[Crowley]

Damn, I immediately went into tree pose on that one. How relaxing and beautiful were those lines. Heavy sigh.....loved that.