Thursday, May 08, 2014

Birch Trees




Birch trees line the path
 Some are swaying or bending
Strong lessons for life?



. . . I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree,
And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk
Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,
But dipped its top and set me down again.
That would be good both going and coming back.
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
         "Birches" by Robert Frost

14 comments:

  1. Beautiful black and white photo. And your haiku is wonderful!

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  2. beautiful shot! thanks for sharing the poem, too.

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  3. A very poetic post today Kate! I love the photo!

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  4. This is a pretty shot. The wall makes a perfect background.

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  5. I also love this photo!

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  6. Beautiful black & white study.

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  7. Beautiful composition, Kate!

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  8. great shot and I enjoyed the Poem.

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  9. A striking photo! Works well with the words from Robert Frost.

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  10. Nice monochrome shot.

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  11. They look good in black and white!

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  12. I love birch trees and like it a lot that Robert Frost did too.

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  13. My favorite tree is the birch. Too bad we don't have any down thisaway.

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  14. I like the way you've presented this one Kate, b&w against the brick wall looks excellent.

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