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I mentioned in my last post a tree, that lives near me, whose trunk is so thick that it takes seven of us to hug it! I’ve been asked for a photo, but until that comes here’s a poem that just wrote itself now as I checked out the recent images on my inner camera…say cheese tree!
I’m in love with a tree
that’s seven folk thick
if we hold hands and stretch
we can just about fit
a laughing group hug
round its trunk if we touch
our cheeks to its bark
so sweet smelling and rough
Tree’s older than me
by a century, more,
so I lean on its strength
and I feel my heart sore
as my tears kiss the moss
that has made tree its home
’till my own roots can feel
that I’m never alone…
If you don’t go out now and hug a tree, I’ve failed to capture this tree’s majesty!:-)
wordsthatserve 
Beautiful poetree, my friend!
Cheers,
Tyler 🙂
Yay – thanks oh talented tree loving Tyler! So glad you liked it:-) H xxx
Embrace nature.
Exactly! Thanks for the visit and the affirmation:-)
A smile on my face and a tear in my eye whilst reading your beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing this and a huge community thick hug to you. Xx
Thank you so much sweetheart:-) Glad this poem touched you, and felt the community thick hug – miss you! Love and gratitude always, Harula xxxxxx
Oh what a fabulous poem! Harula this is excellent! I can smell the moss and feel the tree. I am tired, but I will hug the tree in our garden tomorrow morning 🙂 It is covered in ivy which clings for dear life. Thank you for this and a big hug for you too!
Love and lots of blessings xxx
So glad you liked it Christine and, if it’s made you hug your tree then that’s the best compliment I could ask for:-) So ivy has made it’s home on your tree – they’re such generous hosts don’t you think?
Your comment really made me smile:-) Thank you!
Love and hugs,
Harula xxxx
Love the poem. And, I’d love to see a photo of said tree one day. I told my husband about it and, going by how many people it took to the hug it, he estimated that the tree was about 12 feet wide! That’s some tree. Good that you wrote a poem for it!
Thanks Mary, so glad you liked it:-) Now I’m going to have to take a piece of string next time and measure the circumference! I should be able to get a photo up soon as I think someone else in our group took one. Yes indeed, feels like a true honouring to write a dedicated poem – feels right that that should come before the photo, build a bit of awe filled anticipation:-)
A tree that’s ‘seven folk thick’ – how I love the verse and the happiness of the poem. Lovely.
Yay, so glad you liked it and felt the happiness – I had such fun writing this:-) Thanks Pam.
Gah. Someone beat me to the “poetree” pun. I must learn to get here faster!
A wonderful poem, my friend. I wish there were trees that majestic around these parts. A seven hugger circumference! Amazing!
Glad you liked the poem – you were the reason it was written my friend:-) Can’t wait to show y’all a photo. I think someone else in the group took one. I was too busy hugging! I will ask them today…because yes, it’s truly amazing!
very nice – I feel trees are keepers of humanity, and serve us in selfless acts that keep us from our worst selves. I worry about their pain.. I would love to meet your beautiful tree.
Aww, thanks Jay Blue. I appreciate the depth of your words and agree entirely. I worry about their pain too, but I sense they are less in that drama than I am and simply accept what is because they’ve been around a lot longer and know that this too shall pass…
http://jaybluepoems.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/the-pain-of-trees/
I wrote this years ago… I hope you enjoy
What a great poem, Harula! I love trees and this ‘ode to the tree’ is just beautiful 😀
Thanks Dianne, glad you liked it:-) It’s been such a joy to find so many others who love trees as much as I do!