POEM: Tree Talk

Did you hear that tree speak to me?

It did not make an eager plea

to help it step out to the quay

so it could set off ‘cross the sea.

Tree’s don’t dream of mobility,

except perhaps windward to lee.


Trees seek only food and water,

and hold the hope of harmless squatters.

DAILY PHOTO: Mosque Trees, Ahmedabad

Taken from inside Sidi Saiyyed Mosque in Ahmedabad

 

Taken at Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad on September 30, 2017

DAILY PHOTO: Baobab

Taken on June 20, 2017 in Botswana

 

DAILY PHOTO: Strange Tree on a Hilltop

Taken on April 27, 2017 near Longwa in Nagaland

 

I’m not sure / can’t remember whether this was on the Indian or Myanmar side of the border.

DAILY PHOTO: A Tree Seen Two Ways

Taken on April 23, 2017 at Kaziranga National Park in Assam

DAILY PHOTO: Two Takes on a Temple Tree

Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi

Taken in November of 2013 at Hampi

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DAILY PHOTO: Fruiting Tree at Savandurga

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Taken at Savandurga in March of 2015

Taken at Savandurga in March of 2015

DAILY PHOTO: Finnish Totem

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Helsinki

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Helsinki

DAILY PHOTO: Tree in the Setting Sun

Taken May 23, 2015 in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Taken May 23, 2015 in Kandy, Sri Lanka

DAILY PHOTO: Root Sprawl

Taken on May 24, 2015 in Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Taken on May 24, 2015 in Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka