{"id":12220,"date":"2021-10-25T23:29:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=12220"},"modified":"2021-11-08T17:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:15:47","slug":"inspired-by-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/10\/25\/inspired-by-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12221\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/10\/25\/inspired-by-trees\/flaming_yellow_leaves\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flaming_yellow_leaves.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A320FL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1634153965&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"flaming_yellow_leaves\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flaming_yellow_leaves.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flaming_yellow_leaves.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flaming_yellow_leaves.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flaming_yellow_leaves.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flaming_yellow_leaves.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A poem<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Lost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you<br \/>\nAre not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,<br \/>\nAnd you must treat it as a powerful stranger,<br \/>\nMust ask permission to know it and be known.<br \/>\nThe forest breathes. Listen. It answers,<br \/>\nI have made this place around you.<br \/>\nIf you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.<br \/>\nNo two trees are the same to Raven.<br \/>\nNo two branches are the same to Wren.<br \/>\nIf what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,<br \/>\nYou are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows<br \/>\nWhere you are. You must let it find you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nby <strong>David Wagoner<\/strong>, from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0252068033\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>Also inspired by trees<\/h3>\n<p>The children&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/kids.mongabay.com\/book-look-the-boy-who-grew-a-forest\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Boy Who Grew a Forest<\/em><\/a> (based on a true story).<\/p>\n<p>Youtube video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kr3v71-SeFY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how to make paper growing trees<\/a> (from illustrator of <em>The Boy Who Grew a Forest<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2021\/10\/20\/ursula-k-le-guin-kinship-poem\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">themarginalian.org<\/a> about Ursula K. Le Guin\u2019s Love Poem to Trees, also featuring some stunning artwork.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>From the blog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/02\/12\/winter-long-nights\/\">Winter = long nights<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/06\/26\/flowers-fall-but\/\">Flowers fall, but \u2026<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/04\/17\/tree-of-life\/\">Tree of life<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A poem &nbsp; Lost Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. 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