The Faithful Oak
I planted out an oak tree
One hundred years ago;
I saw her fed and watered,
I watched her lithely grow.
I watched her through the winter wild
Frosted, frore and dark.
I watched her as the summer sunburn
Baked her golden bark.
My friend the ardent oak tree
Drew me by the hand;
Her strength an inspiration,
She taught me how to stand.
Amidst the savage blizzard
She learned to bow and bend;
Resisting stormful battles,
Triumphant in the end.
Now an aged oak tree,
Her wisdom with me resting,
She, towering tall, majestic
Withstanding nature's testing.
Her arms suffuse, embracing,
She beckoned me with pride;
I laid me down within her shroud
And neath her sanctum died
About this poem
The Faithful Oak' is from 2015 and tells the story of an oak tree and how it became the faithful companion of a, now old, man who planted it when he was a very young child. Hopefully it is a celebration of longevity. Oak trees live for ever ~ But not so little boys.
Submitted by AlanSJeeves on June 21, 2021
Modified by AlanSJeeves on June 21, 2021
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 644 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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