Ugly Dog Poetry

 

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The Company of Trees


We sat in the company of trees

 

It was as if we had walked out from the trees

Not out of the woods, but actually;

 

Out of the trees

 

Sat like Yews, water caught in our opened bellies,

Slightly hunched, slightly waiting, a little aware

 

The tight weave of growth and rough pattern

Has kept time out with it’s

 

Own sap sprung pace, bark filtered sound

Leaf fingered light

 

We sat in the company of trees

 

Listening.


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