Friday, March 11, 2011

Friday Flash 55 ~ The Apricot Tree

 



The Apricot Tree

Will it live, you ask,
the old apricot tree?
Half of it died three years ago,
the other half is blooming.

Will it live, I ask,
the geriatric heart?
Half of it died six years ago,
the other half is blooming.

Old sorrows, borers in the wood;
dead wood needs a sharp saw.



March 2011






Photo by joy ann jones 3/9/11
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16 comments:

  1. G-ManMarch 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    I just LOVE nature metaphors!
    Loved your 55 JA.
    You My Friend are NEVER too late to the party!
    Thank you for taking the time to help make Fridays the funnest day of blogging!
    Thanks again for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...G

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  2. G-ManMarch 11, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    CHECKMATE!!!!!!!

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  3. Brian MillerMarch 11, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    cut is away so the living can keep going...smiles. then i do think it will live...nice to see you hedge

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  4. BelindaMarch 11, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    I'm rooting for survival for this lovely apricot tree...

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  5. Monkey ManMarch 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Yes. Truly great metaphor. I love nature/life metaphors.

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  6. dustusMarch 11, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    Saw the dead wood and discard the sorrow and hopefully man and tree will live another six and three, respectively. Also, fitting how it's the poet who is the one to inquiry into the human issue. Excellent 55!

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  7. TALONMarch 11, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    It's amazing how strong trees are and how life is still pulsating in the portions not spoiled by disease or decay.

    Loved this 55, hedgewitch.

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  8. FireblossomMarch 11, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    Only you would come up with this. I LOVE that last line, so terse, so loaded. And you set it up so gracefully. For some reason, I love the difference in the number of years, three and six. "The other half is blooming." You're a fucking genius.

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  9. moondustwriterMarch 11, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    I enjoyed the metaphorical element that you wove into this 55. half dead half alive - poor heart I mean tree

    moonie smiles

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  10. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallMarch 11, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    let it be,
    at times, when things get subjective, it is hard to tell the truth.

    very sharp observation of life,
    nature is mysterious and make us think.

    divine 55.

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  11. Steve IsaakMarch 11, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    Good piece, all-around. Effective stuff.

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  12. Sherry Blue SkyMarch 11, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    This is so powerful, I actually pulled in my aging limbs for fear of the saw!! hee hee! I love the half heart that is blooming and the "old sorrows, borers in the wood"...such wonderful writing!

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  13. Maude LynnMarch 11, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    I like this! And, I like apricot trees.

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  14. signed...bkmMarch 11, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Great analogy, apricot and heart...clinging on to life, clinging on to purpose....bery nice...bkm

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  15. KavitaMarch 13, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    What a perfect analogy!! Sometimes, all the dead and decaying matter within takes a lot more to clean up...

    Very beautifully written, Joy!!

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  16. DickMarch 13, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    A beautifully balanced metaphor, this, declared and then completed. This poem really does the job, hw.

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"We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, out of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry." ~William Butler Yeats

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