This week I am traveling with my sister. She lives in Texas, I in Louisiana, and our parents and brother live in Mississippi. We’ve had a quick visit after more than a year of separation. Yesterday, Beth and I wanted to take a walk. It was a gorgeous spring morning, so we found Friendship Park near our hotel. Both of us were taken by the scenery. Huge old azaleas were in bloom. There was a winding soft asphalt path to walk. The trees jutting up to the sky were fresh with new green. Each of us snapped multiple pictures.
New green reaches
Margaret Simon, draft
for a heavenly lit sign
all is well
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Today the Kidlit Progressive Poem is with Rose at Imagine the Possibilities.
Reflections on the Teche 
Bring on that “heavenly lit sign,” love the stretch and calm in your poem and the image! Looks like a lovely walk you both had, thanks.
Here’s mine—
Two old sisters lean inward
creating an arched
canopy-filled sky,
with brother
plum center.
Thanks for writing a sweet poem that includes the trees and my family. We did lean inward this week. It was a special time together.
Hi Margaret, Although I did read about you and your sister, the two sisters in my poem were metaphorically representing the two outer trees—perhaps the two of you brought me there…
Love the personification!
Margaret,
Thank you for your lovely photo. You are getting me looking closely at photos these days! Your poem of the trees reaching for a heavenly lit sign that all is well, brings peace. Here is my little poem about your photo. I’m not sure silva is used correctly here. I’ve never used that word for a forest.
Sweet sapling silva
Dancing in the sure sunshine
Holds warmth from above
Love the alliteration and the dancing in sure sunshine. Thanks.
“sure sunshine” is something I always welcome.
Lovely picture, Margaret. It indeed gives the feeling that “all is well.”
Reaching up
Leaning in
Trees form a triangle of tenderness
Inviting the light
I love “triangle of tenderness.”
Yes, Rose, that triangle of tenderness–what an image. I just stared at the photo again while I pondered that lovely thought.
I too like your ‘triangle of tenderness” and Inviting the light,” those trees keep on giving!
though the world turns
in troubled times
look up.
the trees have seen this before.
if you listen to the wind
you’ll hear the stories
they hold.
when the earth cries
they look to the sun,
they reach for the heavens,
they seek answers
unknown to us.
walking below
we worry,
we wonder,
we wait.
the answers are near,
if only we
look up.
Love this message. Look up.
Cathy, that is a beautiful message. Love the idea of listening to the stories. They don’t hurry and worry, and we can surely learn from them. Thanks for this!
Beautiful Cathy, and yes we need to “look up” more, thanks!
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