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LOOKOUT From the very top of a tree I watch what grounded ones can’t see That meandering line in the grass The hurry-scurrying tips of blades just stirring You feel so a part of the sky A breeze tickles your feet by and by A tree upside down Like a leafy merry-go-round Far and wide Earth laid flat A geometric this and that There is this wish to forever remain But the soil always calls one back again

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 6/23/2010 7:11:00 AM
Great write...I haven't been upside down in a tree for a long time ...I will have to get someone to build me a tree house so that I can hang over the side of the tree house and view things from upside down..Let the inspiration overflow into our lives..Sara
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Date: 6/22/2010 8:30:00 PM
well, I am tickled pink to see you posting a new one. (or is it a golden oldie/) I really really like it! Luv,Andrea
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Date: 6/21/2010 5:55:00 PM
Hi Dave, I spent many hours in the trees when I was a kid. I loved pretending I was on top o the world. I have a big old crab apple tree in m yard and I was up in it the other day cutting down a few branches that were startig to become a problem - growing over the roof o the garden shed. For awhile I was a kid again and on top of the world. Yes I got your book and loved it. I sent you an email a few days afer I received it, telling you how much I enjoyed it. DID YOU GET IT? Love, Lainie
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Date: 6/21/2010 8:20:00 AM
a nice flow of words, enjoyed this one..P.D.
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Date: 6/21/2010 5:41:00 AM
Love this write.. wondeful flow.. Michael
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