Oak
Submitted by FORMER Cochise ... on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 11:28pmAudio File:
Transcript:
OAK
Out on the hill, old Oak still stands:
stag-headed, fire-struck, bare-crowned,
stubbornly holding its ground.
Poplar is the whispering tree,
Rowan is the sheltering tree,
Willow is the weeping tree —
and Oak is the waiting tree.
Three hundred years to grow,
three hundred more to thrive,
three hundred years to die —
nine hundred years alive....