May 7, 2021 · 2:53 pm
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Trees Know – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: a ‘Red Gum’ which give off a dark red resin (which hopefully you can see down the middle of the tree) as if it were bleeding and pooling at its base.

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Trees Know

Resin bleeds slowly from the
wound in the heart, staining
its body and pooling at its feet
as life cast down and yet still
standing, full of life, resilient
in the face of threat, even 
death, showing that wounds 
carry their own healing. 
The tree spoke such wisdom 
to my gentle enquire, that I 
was left in silent awe for some
time, and on reflection 
understood that the tree 
knew my heart.

Copyright ยฉ 2021 Paul Vincent Cannon 
All Rights reservedยฎ

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30 responses to “Trees Know – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. datta
    May 7, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    Touching the Inner Mind!

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  2. SRIKANTH
    May 7, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    Wonderful and thought provoking PV ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿค

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  3. Thattamma C.G Menon
    May 7, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    The tree and sorrounding plants are amazing and the touching lines also ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ™

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  5. wonderingpilgrim
    May 7, 2021 at 10:57 pm

    A pleasure and privilege to share our time with “tree messages” yesterday.

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  6. Liz Gauffreau
    May 8, 2021 at 12:23 am

    Trees do seem to know what we need most in a given moment.

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  7. Amy
    May 8, 2021 at 12:34 pm

    The tree spoke such wisdom, they do. Expressed beautifully, Paul.

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  9. Hammad Rais
    May 10, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    Wonderfully penned ๐Ÿ™‚

    Liked by 2 people

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  10. OIKOSโ„ข-Editorial
    May 12, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    Very thought provoking, indeed! Thank you, Paul!

    Liked by 2 people

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  11. Polski Ryล›
    May 13, 2021 at 6:51 am

    So wonderful! I love this poem!

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  12. vatsal khandelwal
    May 15, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    Really touching ๐Ÿ‘

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  13. lync56
    May 29, 2021 at 10:41 am

    Very beautiful – a lot to contemplate in this one

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