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    Life

                              To consider your life worthwhile

                              -Old saying tells-

                              You have to raise the child

                               Or to plant the tree

     

                              I raised three sons

                             They are strong and handsome and bright

                             I planted orchards

                             In different parts of the world

     

                             My orchards are blooming

                             My sons are pursuing their dreams

                             Is it time to relax

                             And enjoy the ripen fruits?

     

                             But it still so many places

                             With barren land

                             When soil is scourched and cracked

                             From enormous heat

     
                             But there’re lots of questions

                             In open innocent eyes

                             Of the sons of my sons

                             That waits to be answered by me


                              It is always need

                              For more orchard to plant

                              It is always need

                              For more children to raise

     

                             It is always work

                             That needs to be done today

                             And this is the joy and blessing

                             Of being alive

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    Olan01 commented on Life

    10-21-2010

    Forestbird is the female Johnny Apple Seed of poetry. Well stated and we all, at sometimes, think it is time rest on our laurels when it is time to get up and sow more seeds.

    Forestbird

    10/21/2010

    Thank you! This is great comment!

    Olan01

    10/21/2010

    You can sow more seeds with your words than a life of planting trees, smile.

    kkirkwood commented on Life

    10-21-2010

    great poem. It's just so great to be alive. Every day just gets sweeter than the day before.

    devaamido commented on Life

    07-20-2010

    Couldn't think of a better way to advise almost-ready-to-fly children than this beautifully grounded piece. Thank you for sharing this.

    stellar commented on Life

    07-16-2010

    heart felt piece indeed...I like the flow and oh your life is full of blessing and i love the feeling of fulfillment while reading your poem...love it..\^_^ v

    dahlusion commented on Life

    07-16-2010

    oh, yes, to know nature, to love nature, on such an intimate level is spiritual soundness. oh, to love, to live, to adore....bravo!

    Forestbird

    07/16/2010

    Thank you so much for your comment

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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    Музыка 0
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    Соната 0
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    History and biography 2
    Words 10
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    Mountain and Desert 2
    When ? 2
    Nastalgia for Taiga (Russian) 1
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    Road to you 2
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    Nostalgia for Taiga 1
    Log Cabin 5
    Summit of the summer 3
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