Well, it's Spring and time to come out of winter.
Yesterday the Wood Thrush started singing on Rainy Mountain ,
the Monarchs have returned to Warwoman Creek,
So it's time to sing.
So join me for:
Sing Me The Creation!
Poems for the Earth, Poems for Coming Home
by Laurence Holden
Earth Day at Promenade of the Arts
Saturday 2:00 p.m. April 23, 2011
4/23/11
Hwt 441 N, Mountain City, Ga.
A poetry presentation dedicated to the earth,
and finding our true place here.
The work to speak to a deeper, more intimate relationship
with nature.
with nature.
Laurence’s poetry has appeared in three recent anthologies, and
his most recent work appears in this Spring’s issue of Appalachian Heritage. His recent limited edition book Take Me to the River: Poems & Paintings For Coming Home debuted at last year’s Wild & Woolly Book Festival sponsored
by Georgia Forest Watch.
his most recent work appears in this Spring’s issue of Appalachian Heritage. His recent limited edition book Take Me to the River: Poems & Paintings For Coming Home debuted at last year’s Wild & Woolly Book Festival sponsored
by Georgia Forest Watch.
As you spoke in the excellent video about the trees being the keepers of existence, I was reminded of the Ents in Tolkien’s the Lord of the Rings trilogy. They are an ancient race of trees being slowly burned, destroyed and decimated by the forces of evil. They have gnarly faces and can move. In one part of the book, two hobbits, Merry and Pippin, are carried through the forest in the arm-branches of one old Ent, until they get to a stand of the old tree's friend by Saruman -very sad. This is a premonition of the ultimate demise of this race of magical tree species.
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