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Sue  Routner-Wardley's avatar

The poem is beautiful! Another interesting book is Entangled Lives.

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Laura Perry's avatar

Thank you! Do you mean Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake? It's been on my TBR list for a while, but your comment has inspired me to put it on hold at my local library.

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Sue  Routner-Wardley's avatar

That's the one.

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Anne Olive's avatar

Incredible insight and inspiration. Tree remembers -so true! Yes - we can learn from them - perhaps time for us to draw in and to receive, know our truth, our balance to give and nourish, to create and to respect nature & the cycle of life.

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Laura Perry's avatar

Yes - let us listen to the trees!

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Linda Gemmill's avatar

What a beautiful and inspiring post, thank you Laura. I have recently returned to poetry after many years, relishing the freedom of free-from, it's just so much more soulful I feel, as perfectly demonstrated in your gorgeous poem above

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Laura Perry's avatar

Free verse has its own beauty, I think. Thank you for your kind comments!

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Nikki Starcat Shields's avatar

Beautiful poem, Laura!

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Laura Perry's avatar

Thank you!

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