in the ordinary.
Submitted to Poets United Midweek Motif
June 14, 2017
What’s more ordinary than a tree?
In a small town in Indiana, there grows a most
extraordinary tree.
It grows from the top of the courthouse.
How it came to be there
is purely conjecture.
Where its roots find sustenance
is a mystery.
It has given Greensburg a claim to fame,
and visitors marvel at the sight
of the solitary tree clinging to the rooftop.
It’s really quite extraordinary.
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Wow, that must be amazing to see. I would want to climb up and investigate how the roots found purchase.
ReplyDeleteNow that's what I call extraordinary!!
ReplyDeleteIncredible, but I am sure they are doing their best to keep it alive now.
ReplyDeleteNothing ordinary about that tree, and you've proven it!
ReplyDeleteWow! How extraordinary! That green friend of ours definitely has Power.
ReplyDeleteWe find peepal trees here trying to grow out of cracks in buildings.. claiming back the land in a way....
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary indeed! And attractive.
ReplyDeleteIt really is thank you for sharing it with us!
ReplyDeleteWhat an 'extraordinary' and intriguing thing. Your poem made me smile this morning. I do wonder how it began to grow. Such is the resilience of life, I guess....nature finds its way!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is extraordinary!
ReplyDeleteThe photo and your words remind us that Nature still has an extraordinary power in and over our lives that should never be dismissed.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
What an intriguing image that is!
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