There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Roots sing to new limbs as time rings in living wood, Rise and meet the sky. –C.L. Fisher, August 2022 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are theContinue reading “Roots Haiku I”
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Haven
Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters. — Numbers 24:6, ESV A tree whispered as I passed by reminding me of his cool, green shade, the far- reaching branches, that filter our air, the canopy that provides shelterContinue reading “Haven”
A Promise
The clouds held dirt from yesterday, dimming the blue to a dingy gray that met me after the sun rose somewhere behind the murkiness, but my eyes fell on the blooming pear tree, the simple, life-lit green, white cups holding a spray of pink, a promise, a budding of spring. —C.L. Fisher, March 2021 UnlessContinue reading “A Promise”
Bright Song
All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares. —Robert Frost I see frozen limbs reaching toward a snow-heavy sky with no wind and only a muted ray of light as if a shade has been drawn under heaven, and I stand for just a fewContinue reading “Bright Song”
Unseen
The trees of the Lord are well cared for—the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.—Psalm 104:16-17, NLT We look at trees, the sturdy trunk, the strong limbs, the spindly branches reaching out, the leaves weaving into a canopy that sheltersContinue reading “Unseen”
Lesser
I’d like to spend a week under my favorite tree with a book of poetry and a a sketchpad — I’d begin with the leaves, use my pencil to mimic veins that run the length of the spine stretching to the outlines from the stem to tip, shade one side in contrast to the edgeContinue reading “Lesser”
One December Afternoon
I see skies of blue/ and clouds of white/ the bright blessed day/ the dark sacred night/ and I think to myself/ what a wonderful world… —From What a Wonderful World, George Douglas I saw myself reflected in silver steps like stones skipping across a river, winding up the evergreen, near deep pools of cobaltContinue reading “One December Afternoon”
A Welcome Surrender
I turned and saw this tree sprawled against a clouded sky, a stark contrast of autumnal browns against the vibrant blue and white — when I let myself really see the beauty in this world, each moment becomes vital and humbling, the leaves in the final stage before falling, re-turning into the soil, the sunContinue reading “A Welcome Surrender”
This Beauty
O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. —Psalm 104:24 There were only a few moments to wander in the little garden, that place of solace that gives me so much, my place to remember creation and the Creator. TheContinue reading “This Beauty”
Without Breath
Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy! Let the trees of the forest sing for joy… — Psalm 96:12, NLT Would you weep with me if we imagined a world with no trees? No arching branches, no swaying canopies, no stately crowns, no fruit-laden boughs no music through leaves, no root-tilled ground, Continue reading “Without Breath”
Poetic Meanderings 