Still a Tree

Photo: Me sitting on a Banyan tree, August 1988 in the enchanting Oratava
Acclimatisation Gardens, on the edge of Puerto de la Cruz in the second most
major town in Tenerife.

It's hard to believe

The Banyan tree

Started its life as an epiphyte

Yet still, beauty lies deep

The Banyan tree remains

Strong, eloquent, solid, still tree

Yet still, its beauty lies deep

Gracious and grounded

Strong eloquent, solid, still a tree

Over 200 years old

Gracious, grounded

Its majestic presence is irresistible

Voiceless it speaks

Started its life as an epiphyte

Connecting roots directly and indirectly to its central trunk

It's hard to believe

8th poem for NaPoWriMo2017

(*pantoum poem)

© Nicole Moore

NaPoWriMo's 8th day prompt:

Write a poem that relies on repetition, of a phrase, or just a word.

*The pantoum is a poem of any length composed of four-line stanzas. In each stanza, the second and fourth lines serve as the first and third lines of the next stanza. The last line of a pantoum is generally the same as the first line.

Still a Tree - First published here