Love Like a Mighty Oak

you dried all my tears
i stand proud now like the oak---
no weeping willow

your splendid branches
wrap me into your shadow---
shelter from the storm

wind blows me down
your light lifts me up---
might i dwell in your arms?




written January 28th,2013
for pd's Valentine contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 4/20/2013 7:41:00 AM
Lovely Deb...congratulations
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Date: 4/19/2013 9:39:00 PM
Deb, Congratulations IN HONOR OF Andrea's favorite POEM contest. *Always & Forever' @->- LINDA -<-@
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Date: 4/19/2013 8:39:00 PM
Many congrats my dear friend Deb! This is indeed great and amazing! I love it & so enjoyed. Thank you so much for sharing this very lovely uplifting poem! Have a grace-filled day! Love and hugs, Leonora
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Date: 4/19/2013 8:33:00 PM
nice win~SKAT~
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Date: 2/19/2013 8:56:00 PM
Deb this is simply amazing. I love the metaphor of it all. I am faving it for my congrats to you.
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Date: 2/16/2013 11:23:00 PM
lovely set of haikus Deb, congrats on your win
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Date: 2/16/2013 2:00:00 PM
DEB, thank you for the support, and fun loving haiku + questionku... Congrats, with all my heart :-) LINDA
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Date: 1/29/2013 12:58:00 PM
This is a perfect entry into PD's contest my friend! I truly loved reading this wondrous poem this afternoon! What wonderful Haiku and Questionku you have written! Great Work!!
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