It is warm in the glen today where firs provide some welcome shade. We get to know them one by one. The mother trees who feed the young, gradually passing on their wisdom. The grandmothers, who still have so much more to give. They nurture the trunks of sons blown over in gales, offering homes to birds and red squirrels.
They welcome us with open arms and make us feel at home here. The loving scent of pine spills easily onto our trail. Even in their next life, the trees will keep on giving.
still breathing
a bridge that carries us
across melting snow
© Xenia Tran
I am hosting Haibun Monday at dVerse tonight, a virtual pub for poets. The topic is compassion inspired by the writings of Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828). You are invited to compose a haibun that shows or alludes to compassion, without using the actual word. The pub opens at 8pm GMT and I will update the link below once the bar is open.
This is also my 30th and final contribution to Carpe Diem’s Spring Retreat 2018, a retreat where we were invited to share haiku, haibun and tanka about ‘The Light of the World’ every day for thirty days. A very big thank you to all of you who have followed me on this journey across both of my blogs. For a total list of contributions from myself and other poets please click on the link below.
We wish you all a very happy Monday and a wonderful new week!
With love from Eivor, Pearl and Xenia xxx
Carpe Diem Spring Retreat 2018: The Light of the World
Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Place in the World
dVerse Poets Haibun Monday: Compassion
Wonderful!
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Thank you Laurie! :o) xxx
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Great job! Thanks for your lovely series of posts and await new ones on new topics.👍😃
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Thank you my friend, I look forward to what the seasons hold in store! :o) xxx
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Look forward to your posts as always.🤗
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Thank you! 🤗💖 xxx
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Looks like a wonderful walk through the trees 🌲and I love the bridge! Happy Monday to you all and much love 💖xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Cathy, it is a lovely walk at this time of year ☺🌲 A very happy Monday to you too and much love to you and Finn 🤗💖 xxx
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Thank you 🙂 xxx
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Cheers, my friend, and thank you for your excellent effort. I have enjoyed your imaginative contributions. Carry on.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Herb and for following this poetic journey ☺🙋♀️
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Love how you used the trees to describe the dependency we have…. they say that trees can talk with each other through their roots… they just talk very very slowly..
As Treebeard said to the hasty young hobbits:
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.”
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Thank you so much for your kind words Bjorn, I love the Treebeard quote! Yes, trees communicate and support each other through their roots and they can communicate through scent too. There is a lovely book by Peter Wohlleben about the life of trees backed up by some interesting research :o)
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I heard about that exact book on the radio the other day…. 🙂
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:o)
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I like the idea of the trees welcoming us.
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Thank you Frank! :o)
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Lovely idea of the living bridge, the generosity of trees 🙂
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Thank you Jane, they are so generous and loving :o) xxx
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Much more so than many people.
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:o) xxx
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Lovely! As I rest and allow me body to find its way through a stubborn spring cold, pine is a good healing scent to be reminded of.
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Thank you Na’ama, we always have some essential pine oil in the house for the oil burner – I hope you feel better soon! :o) xxx
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I enjoyed your haibun and your prompt. Thank you!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Annell and for joining us tonight – I love you haibun too! :o) xxx
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This is lovely – to be reminded of the wonderful generosity of trees is such a gift!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Jo. Trees are so wonderful and we need to be very mindful about the relationships between them in every forest :o)
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The compassion of trees! yes, I can see and hear the trees in our garden. I would love to live in or next to a forest, listen to trees all day and witness the mothers and grandmothers passing on their wisdom – maybe learn from them too. I love the photograph of Eivor on the bridge and the haiku that accompanies it. Have a wonderful week, Xenia. And I promise I’ll get around to reading the contributions to the spring retreat. xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words Kim, I think you will absolutely love spending time in a forest. A wonderful week to you too and the Spring retreat was a joy to take part in :o) xxx
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The relationships between trees are fascinating. Lovely piece, very atmospheric.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sarah :o) xxx
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The compassion of trees! What an interesting concept! Living, breathing, sacrificing themselves for our needs!
dwight
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Thank you Dwight, they do so much for each other and so willingly too :o)
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so beautiful – I also love trees
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Thank you Maureen :o) xxx
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Beautiful and tender, Xenia!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Frank ☺💜
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😇
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I love the trees’ open arms….and brilliant breathing bridge! Who’s that- posing- Pearl?
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Thank you so much for your kind words Vivian, it is Eivor who is pausing on the bridge ☺💖🐕 xxx
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💙❤
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Nature really does outshine us, doesn’t it? Beautiful words and prompt!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sara and for joining in :o) xxx
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Well written about the inner Spirit that dwells within us!
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Thank you so much for your kind words R.K., I love your contribution to the prompt :o)
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Your Haibun is wonderful. All of creation shows compassion on their own kind. If only we could learn from that well seeded lesson
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Thank you so much for your kind words Walter, I love your beautiful haibun about Grace 💜
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Thank you Xenia!
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I love this so much…graceful…!!
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Thank you so much for your kind words Sreeja! :o)
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Beautiful! I love the idea of mother trees passing on their wisdom.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Merril 💜
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You’re quite welcome!
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All Nature
OCeaN
Family
Leaves
Trees
Leaves
Grass We GRow
ToGeTHeR oNE..:)
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Thank you Fred, that is beautiful! :o) xxx
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Spring
Days
Dream on..🦄🌈🌹
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That looks like such a peaceful place to take a walk. ❤
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Thank you Amy, the Cairngorms National Park is a great place to explore with many mountain trails and lovely walks through the glens too :o) xxx
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