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©Copyright 2002 Judith Robbins Barrett

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Behold a willow's startling scene, 
One thousand fingers in the wind, 
Bend, bend, bending, 
The stature of the stem, 
Contained within a phantom wing 
It demonstrates momentum

Stretch out and up to touch the sky 
And grant me immortality; 
Look down and hold me to the ground 
That I might keep reality.  

Behold a willow's delicate appearance, 
Mad whistling wind cannot defy, 
Bend, bend, bending, 
The ages such avow, 
To linger with the best of them 
Its beauty so endowed?

Stretch out and up to touch the sky, 
Betray my blinding heart, 
That I might have the strength to be 
Remembering to depart.

 

Ode To The Lumberjack

Harbor's Delight

Willow

A Caddy's Lament

My Musing

Frivolity

The Doll House

The Interrogation

He Had No Hands

Fickle Candle

Pine

Prince of Memories

Marsh Meanderings

Thanks

My Room

Fall at Twelve

Baseball

Khanabad Mice

Dormant

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