Category Archives: Trees

Leave the oaks alone

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Rex Tyler

We can sit up in the wondrous boughs And feel the agony Century old figurative trees are lost and we can see A violence carried out by the State the planners and those who Signed up to the destruction That’s … Continue reading →

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The insanity of NSW and all for woodchip

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Rex Tyler

Ashamed they are Advising don’t spread the message far What they do in NSW the forest yes they scar Rip out oxygenating trees for wood chip Councils there are clearly in denial Just how insane they are

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Logging beautiful forests the mayhem of monsters

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Rex Tyler

The lack of wonder Resident in the government Of NSW Over its needs to clear forests Of wonderment Of awe inspiring beauty Such irreverence Such stony indifference

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NSW logging madness of the demented

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Rex Tyler

In NSW they are hopelessly asleep Unconscious to the predicament That makes some of us weep Our precious trees their abundance Their value to us all Not as wood chip not as logging There’s another call God like in their … Continue reading →

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Hot sun and its stress on front garden trees facing south

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Rex Tyler

Cherry tree leaves forlornly Hang downwards clustered they Rock out in the blazing sun On this Summers day Sun kissed burnished branches In the shadow of the Beech Resplendent in its coppery gown Where both roots do reach Comforting each … Continue reading →

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Poor old tree

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Rex Tyler

the trunk was hacked off by the crazy builders and i asked for it i just lthought That I would stand it in the sunshine in my garden to watch and to see the life force which is why   … Continue reading →

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The Tree

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Rex Tyler

Look at that splendid oak tree ripened with the many years its stood there advertising its massive strength  and its willingness to purposely provide an induspensible refuge for so many souls to hide moth caterpillars the maidens blush loves the … Continue reading →

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The old cherry tree

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Rex Tyler

it had stood thirty years in my garden about twenty feet high in the shade of a Copper Beech real strong and mighty two splendid souls on parade   five years or so  ago someone not an arbourist sadly came … Continue reading →

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Rollrights

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Rex Tyler

At the Rollrights Always listen to the coming of the dawn to the muses  heard at twilight far away towards the corn listen to the grove of trees that silently proclaim stand beside the glorious Elder of Long Compton fame … Continue reading →

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Wood chip madness

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Rex Tyler

unconscientiousness and falsehoods insincerity the villainous and good for nothing true venality a century of  flourishing of  uprightness to the cause replaced by the  chicanery that tragically won’t pause   vast forests of  greenery air providing wealth a constancy of … Continue reading →

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Dehesa (a vast landscape of unbelievable design)

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Rex Tyler

A vast array of miracles a montado  so to say agro sylvo pastures an infinite display Southern and Central Spain and Southern Portugal a heavenly crafted Natural World we see Wildness at the forefront green and glowing packed with birds … Continue reading →

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Holly (wood)

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Rex Tyler

A tinne a bar of iron Forged deep in a fire Using holly the charcoal A chieftan would he tire God of thunder A warrior whose spirit Males intent No nobler tree In all the wood Evergreen was meant Flowers … Continue reading →

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My Hazel Staff

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Poetry and intuition Thats my Hazel staff An affinity with water From ancient woodland Half as olde As One Methusela Mercury its deity Its gender being masculine Ruled by the sun Where heat is free Good for wands And divining … Continue reading →

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The Copper Beech healing

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Rex Tyler

There is light in the branches A magic I see Reparation salvation The Copper Beech tree The salt of the earth Of virtue and grace A spangled aura owning its place On Bridgewater Road Its stands supreme So much anticipation … Continue reading →

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The Cherry and Copper Beech and Treelife’s expertise

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Cogitation is needed The thought process given Its symmetry solid Derived from each root Light patterning’s brilliance Artistry seemingly The arbourist’s eye And their hearts resolute Roped up and climbing Testing the branches Where only the crow and the wood … Continue reading →

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Oak

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Quercus Alba Duir Juglans Masculine that’s so Ruled by the Sun Element Fire Deities Dagda And Erato Protection power and money Religious idols were Made of oak And witches loved Dancing they confer Under A handsome oak tree And Druids … Continue reading →

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Cameroon’s most precious resource

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Rex Tyler

We are selling ourselves short What is an irreverence The great aged forests Priceless if sold Trees of great age And a wealth of wild treasures Gifted by the gods And right off the page When It comes to wonders … Continue reading →

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White Horn 13/5-9/6

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Rex Tyler

The hidden thorns of love  beware Access the underworld And let’s share a parting  smile   At a sacred spring where the white thorn dances and  does bring it’s uplifting power to one and  all an open heart and  an … Continue reading →

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HOLLY

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Rex Tyler

from tinder comes the Tinne the fire the pyre  the smithy who creates within his forge the heat its really what they do Holly comes from holy holier than thou it sprung from under  Christ’s feet  really that was how … Continue reading →

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The Birch

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Birch the silver shadowy soulful Sentinel survivor A scout that surfaces sooner Than most trees let me say It can face up to wintry wildness Being wholly versatile It grows all over the temperate zone And has done so for … Continue reading →

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Forsythia

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Rex Tyler

Today I went for a short drive Startled then was I To that state of expectation To that flash of gold Close by And a dose of contemplation a foretaste So to be Three more snowfalls before The Winter ends … Continue reading →

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The Celtic ALDER experience

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Rex Tyler

18th March Celtic Tree Month ELDER Begins Although the look completely different The birch and Alder they Are based around their flowering structures The BETULACEAE Female and male flowers in the same Tree 1 cm long 6 cm male Shedding … Continue reading →

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ROWAN this 21st day of January (Celtic tree month)

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Rex Tyler

The twenty first of January Saw the start of ROWAN’s reign Sorbus Acuparia the Mountain ash refrain As Winter retreats rapidly And the light begins to swell the sky Snowdrops push and prod and poke The goddess Brigid, shy Smith … Continue reading →

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A caring philosophy ”TREELIFE”

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Rex Tyler

The simplicity of Learning That caring is a way Of exploring and understanding And trying to convey How the being or an entity A creation on the whole Extant and surviving A truly awesome soul Phenomenally physical Full of substance … Continue reading →

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Copper and Cherry

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Living close to Nature Helps one balance My Cherry and my Copper Beech Create Conviction and a true belief Implicit in my soul And coupled with a Summer breeze They certainly extol A wonderful enlightenment To tired eyes who can … Continue reading →

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Master mistress schooling

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Master Mistress schooling Pooling ruling fooling who The trees in leaf The sky above so grey And it is time For a giant BEECH Someone did teach It’s roots were shallow laid The weight of this A maidens kiss The … Continue reading →

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Cherry (immortality and Divination)

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Marescence is a peculiar trait For the cherry Its holds its leaves It will not let them go Not until the new flush Of the next Spring comes to bear Purposeful and affirming It does share Its burnished pewter bark … Continue reading →

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The Oak

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Rex Tyler

All of them are silent friends In unchallenged supremacy Stands the oak Its massive strength Its grandeur The tree of life for me An Oak A lover of the eternal light A great force to be reckoned with Behold the … Continue reading →

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The Hazel

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Rex Tyler

In early Spring we see the flowers Still leafless Tufts and catkins they Female and male The leaves serrated And heavily veined clear green To grey And yellow Hanging on for dear life Through late Autumn they The stems are … Continue reading →

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Hawthorns under the poets eyes

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Hedgerows up and down the country Flourish in a twinkling they Undoubtedly offer indigenous growth Every single day Country roads have an abundance Of wild plants many who Live around the Hawthorn and share the hedge lined stew They can … Continue reading →

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