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Tough Roots, Lorraine Roy *

TOUGH ROOTS

by Jean McCallion

Dead as a stone? No.
These roots live.

Quickened by pulsing sun,
a tough tree vibrates outer warmth,

relays inner strength,
feels the tug of stubborn roots.

Unflinching under the lash of storms,
a tree remembers it held fast
when ice catapulted from far north
in lightning hails of thunder.

Isolated in back acres, concrete cities,
stubborn roots stone-contained

resist, no matter what machines
stutter angrily overhead
with great teeth.


Artwalk V, #5
 
*Visit web site of artist Lorraine Roy

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