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The Birch and the Willow
Author: S. L. Hoche
Edition: 12
Year: 2001
Price: NFS
The Birch and the Willow
follow the fence line
down to the river bend.
There is a willow
Where the waters roll by
to lowlands from high.
On mountain's side stands a birch
where the wind breathes by
from lowlands to high.
water tumbles down
bringing soft leaves of promise
Wind scales lofty
as hawk and crow climb through scented salvos
It was not always so:
Once trees roamed as children in the night,
All whispers and rustling
The willow and the birch did meet;
With roots wrestling and nesting
-Loved they there then.
the willow wanted water always,
so in river's bend nestled,
the birch could not abide,
and went to mountain side.
Now their branches implore the sky
for rain to touch both where they reside,
willow at river's bend and birch on mountain high.
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