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A Blue Jay flew squawking into a crown
alerting all the other birds around
News of coming danger ran through the stand
down to the floor and across all the land
The Mother Tree signaled through the air,
it's time to send this message everywhere

The "Wood Wide Web" ground network zone below
fosters real resilience for those who know -
plants, roots, insects, fungi and ground creatures,
all are friends of the "Wisdom Woods" features
Shielding transmissions sent through bio pathways,
believing that trees talk amazes always

Defense signals, part of Mother Tree's plan
all the network's players do what they can
Talk to the beetles or bring on the ants,
tell all the mammals to plan for the plants
Emit volatiles, thicken bark, drop low limbs,
muster the toxins and so it begins

Humans think a month is a lot of time
forests manage on a far longer line
Members of forests are strong cooperators
loggers have long been thoughtless invaders
Mother Tree's perspective is much broader
we must rely on nature's own order

Tree wisdom for ages, a half billion years
gathers the forest and allays all fears
Nature's courage to keep danger at bay,
the forest dispenses at once without delay
Mother Tree knows to save each of its young
all will feel the light, today's dappled sun





Notes: The "Wisdom Woods" is imaginary and intended to be a part of The National Park System, about two thousand acres with an approximate stand of a thousand trees of a dozen various species. Various types of fungi, plants, avian life, ground creatures, fish and insects all exist in this plot of land. A staff of two would monitor, record and document all movements and changes in these populations. As well, they would react to any and all attacks in cooperative concert with the forest defenses against blight, weather, infestation, abuse and lastly, fire. They too would conduct all needed maintenance. Academic institutions would conduct experimentation and research for the public interest and good on this land. There are several streams and three ponds for water fowl and aquatic life to round out the ecosystem. Since Mother Trees aggregate the (nearly half billion year old history) aged wisdom of forest network management their focused, in natural tree time, reactions and actions would be studied as leading the strategic knowledge for this section of land. This would precede the judgment of humans. Noted experts in this field: Susanne Simard, David George Haskell, Dennis Wohlleben and Robin Wall Kimmerer are credited (among others) with the inspiration to construct and write this demonstration poem for the general public's interest and information.
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