Beneath the surface
Few will look or care to see
Hidden stars shining
It has been there for months, part of the structure of a garden I see every day. It was the rain, darkening the fibres, that showed me the beauty of the wood. I wonder how such a pattern could form within a living tree, saddened that its heart is only revealed in death.
I wonder too at the dark irony that dismembers living beauty to serve our need to recreate a pale reflection, tamed to our hand.
Spark of life within
Cloistered in each living heart
Blossoming unseen
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
It is amazing.
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I would have loved to see the tree this wood had come from.
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What an observation/reflection. Cool.
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🙂
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I feel sad each time a tree is taken down…
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So do I.
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I may be addicted to “The Lost Words” album. This title matches this title, and was the first thing what crossed my mind when finding the latter in the reader… 😉
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And now I need to explain that “Spell Song” is the album. “The Lost Words” being the book that spawned the “Spell Song” collaboration… LOL
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And now I will have to look up both 😉
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Oops. Sorreeee… 😀
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I never mind finding things 😉
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What a fabulous Haibun/Senryu, Sue. You are a true master of revealing the hidden beauty of life. This is fabulous. May I use this in my book? You keep all rights to your poetry, and I give you credit in the Bibliography. A perfect example! ❤
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Thank you, Colleen. Yes, of course you may. ❤
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Thanks, Sue. ❤
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This is beautiful Sue, Natures Wonders! 💜💜
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A most unexpected find 🙂
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So beautiful 💜
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I found a stump of petrified wood in New Mexico a few years back.
The surface had become like glass… gem like.
If you’d like I can email you the photo.
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I’d love to see that, Jules. I used to find petrified wood up on the moors sometimes… it always fascinated me.
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I thought this was interesting – opalized petrified wood. https://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Petrified-Wood
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You are right. I would not have known any of that.
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Takes millions of years to petrify wood 🙂
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I know. My grandfather taught me a good deal about fossils as a child.
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That is crazy – if the people sawing the boards had seen, imagine the furniture and veneers that could have come from that.
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It is a beautiful piece… and could have been completely hidden. But I think I would rather have seen the tree in which it grew.
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How unusual, a lovely find Sue. 🙂
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I was blown away by the patterns, Marje 🙂
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Reblogged this on Where Genres Collide Traci Kenworth YA Author & Book Blogger for all Genres as well as craft books and commented:
Beautiful, Sue!
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Thank you, Traci xx
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