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Mighty Larch Tree

02 Wednesday Oct 2013

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My recent walk on Offa’s Dyke with my sister brought me face to trunk with a magnificent larch tree. It stood so majestically it seemed to speak to me.  Fanciful perhaps but I sensed a real energy about this particular tree.  I have been trying to finish a poem about it but something is hindering me. It may be that deep down I feel that whatever I write will hardly do it justice, yet I keep trying.  Here are two of the verses which I share with you.

What mighty larch with such wisdom

do you stand there determined and still

watching over the world as your kingdom

with such patience and time honoured drill

The darkness beneath your fine branches

hides creatures and memories galore

with such wondrous arms are the tranches

of history steeped so in death’s claw

We ignore our trees at our peril.

Best wishes- Denny Bradbury

Offa’s Dyke

24 Saturday Aug 2013

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I have recently come back from a short walk along part of Offa’s Dyke.  This ancient earthwork runs between Wales and England and is still, in parts, redolent with the ghosts of soldiers long past who patrolled the line for the mighty King of Mercia. Set among inspiring countryside it is a strong reminder of our heritage, our history and how we have developed as a group of peoples for the most part living in harmony within our different cultures.  What heartache then to come home to find out that someone in the northern part had levelled this amazing ancient monument to build stables. 

We should perhaps all try to remember that we tread lightly on the past at the peril of all our futures. To understand from whence we come is to help us move peacefully and with confidence into the future.

best wishes

Denny Bradbury