As I look from high

An odd poem for you, one I don’t fully understand yet for some reason I am actually quite partial to it for once.

As I look from high

What is it I spy

The silvery Birch

Climbs out of its perch

With Willow weeping

Down river sweeping

To the mighty Oak

His will to evoke.

Hope you enjoy, please feel free to comment.

The Lonely Recluse.

P.S.

Thanks to those who voted for me. Thanks to those that read.

The Lonely Recluse.

~ by The Lonely Recluse on March 2, 2011.

Posted in Poetry
Tags: birch, high, oak, Poetry, willow

32 Responses to “As I look from high”

I did enjoy it and can see why you are partial to this charming poem. It has a very positive, joyful feel about it.

Bodhirose said this on March 2, 2011 at 11:08 pm | Reply
- I’m glad you enjoyed it. Now that you mention it I do actually see what you mean about the positive feel to it, there must have been something amiss with me when I wrote it, everything else is so morbid :).
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 3, 2011 at 4:53 pm | Reply
I really like your poetry! Very much! 🙂

lunawitch15 said this on March 2, 2011 at 11:59 pm | Reply
- Thank you Lunawitch, your words are a great honour.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 3, 2011 at 4:54 pm | Reply
Odd how this makes me feel good!
His will to evoke… 🙂

bendedspoon said this on March 3, 2011 at 6:17 am | Reply
- Yeah thats what I mean about not understanding it myself.Glad it made you feel ggod.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 3, 2011 at 4:56 pm | Reply
nice! my wk 39 is here.. http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/regret/

fiveloaf said this on March 3, 2011 at 1:56 pm | Reply
- Thank you fiveloaf.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 3, 2011 at 4:56 pm | Reply
I’m a tree hugger, so I enjoyed this very much.

thingy said this on March 3, 2011 at 4:15 pm | Reply
- Thank you thingy, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 3, 2011 at 4:57 pm | Reply
Three of my favourite trees. I love the idea of a weeping willow sweping down river as the low branches often drift with the current.

Andy said this on March 3, 2011 at 6:10 pm | Reply
- Probably my three favorites as well. I’m glad you enjoyed the imagery.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 3, 2011 at 9:55 pm | Reply
lovely sentiments,
thanks for displaying the award…
🙂

Jingle said this on March 4, 2011 at 1:22 am | Reply
- Thank you Jingle. Thanks to you for setting the awards up, without the publicity of your blog I doubt I’d have carried on blogging as long as I have.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 4, 2011 at 4:43 pm | Reply
A simply catching little piece. Well done.

Helena said this on March 4, 2011 at 9:29 pm | Reply
- Thank you for your kind words Helena.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 4, 2011 at 11:55 pm | Reply
wonderful, LR.. even I think it deserves some partiality 🙂 inspiring rhyme, this..!

Leo (Leonnyes) said this on March 5, 2011 at 5:21 am | Reply
- Thank you for your kind words Leo, the are highly appreciated.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 6, 2011 at 12:55 am | Reply
As someone who watches trees, myself, I found this very enjoyable. 🙂 Glad you chose to pay tribute to them with this delightful piece!

dragonkatet said this on March 6, 2011 at 1:14 am | Reply
- Thank you, though I don’t know if you could call it chose. It was one of those poems that seem to write themselves.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 6, 2011 at 8:37 pm | Reply
wow its one of those poems you read and its so perfict theres not much you can say about it

cjbeamish said this on March 9, 2011 at 4:47 am | Reply
- High praise indeed, thank you greatly for it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 9, 2011 at 4:26 pm | Reply
I enjoyed readin this.. Lovely one..

Raghu said this on March 24, 2011 at 10:21 pm | Reply
- Thank you for you kind words Raghu I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on March 24, 2011 at 10:24 pm | Reply
So simple, so pretty, so silver and brown. I loved it 🙂 Gave me chills.

Faith A. Geek said this on April 2, 2011 at 12:20 am | Reply
- Thank you Faith, I’m glad its not just me that is moved by this one :). Glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on April 2, 2011 at 12:24 am | Reply
Wonderful, lyrical poem that gave me many beautiful images as I read it 🙂

cinnamon blues said this on August 8, 2012 at 5:05 pm | Reply
- Wow its a long time since I re-read this poem, thanks for dragging it out of the past 🙂 . Glad you enjoyed it.
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on August 13, 2012 at 10:55 pm | Reply
Perhaps the morbid bit could have been the two lines in between your poem. But the beginning four lines and the last two lines symbolises hope and the willingness to fight. Despite all odds.

Great work!

Die Reise meines Leben said this on August 19, 2012 at 9:09 pm | Reply
- I always took those lines as in The weeping willow, rather than the willow is actually crying, but poetry is there to be interpreted. Glad you enjoyed it, hope you don’t mind me asking, but what bought you this far back in my poetry?
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  The Lonely Recluse said this on August 21, 2012 at 1:32 pm | Reply
  - Yes, I kind of see where you are coming from but I thought it as more of an action when put in that manner.
    
    I think you may have posted it on the Hyde Park Poetry for week 70? I have been reading the other entries recently too. Else it must have been from the subscriber emails I am clearing 🙂 I subscribe to your blog and usually I take some time to get to read them proper.
    
    Die Reise meines Leben said this on August 22, 2012 at 7:48 pm | Reply
    - Fair enough. To be honest I’ve never really understood this poem, so interpretation is even more important here than when I have a clear set view of what I mean, which seems infinitely important to me, with my view of poetry.
      If week 70 was a recent week then I highly doubt it, I did enter it into Jingle’s poetry rally, but we’re talking back in 2011. That’s why I was a bit confused about new comments popping up, someone else commented recently.
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      The Lonely Recluse said this on August 23, 2012 at 12:42 am | Reply