A Poem For Today - Brooklyn Idyll

[KEN DICKINSON]



from our very own Marvin

Brooklyn Idyll

We lived for a time

in Brooklyn...in an apartment

facing the back

as we used to say

meaning the side of the building

that did not overlook the street

but looked out instead

on the backyards 

of other people...

and an elm tree...

We were young

we called it The Tree...

a thing of the natural world

that no one owned

or tinkered with...

In time its branches

reached the fire escape

clattering when the wind blew

and moonlight...casting

shadows of the metal rungs

on the bedroom wall...

we slept...

The tree had always been there...

and did in time what trees will do

it sang the plainsong of its roots

in the sacred,,,sun-drenched air...

Marvin Glass

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[KEN DICKINSON]

[Patricia Rios]

Very nice, Marvin.

Patricia

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[David Glick]

An absolutely wonderful poem, Marvin. It is sparse in words yet richly descriptive, and richly evocative in mood.

Best regards,

David

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[Kurt Heyl]

Thank both Marvin and Ken,  and for

this  touching reflection.

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[Marvin Glass]

thank you David...  all the best:   marvinG

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[Karen Rohn]

Thank you Marvin.  I also befriend and respect special trees.

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[Janet Shirley]

Beautiful poem Marvin.  Thank you

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[John Jai Conley]

Evocative…

Jai

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[Susan Santiago]

Beautiful, Marvin! Gives new and deeper meaning to "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn".

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[Marvin Glass]

Thank you all for your kind words.....all the best....MarvinG

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[K. Lauren de Boer]

Marvin - 

This is such a powerful image:

“it sang the plainsong of its roots

in the sacred,,,sun-drenched air..”

Love it, and the poem.

Lauren

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[Danny Rios-Farrell]

Love it!

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[Marvin Glass]

Thank you KL de Boer. marvinG

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