Short lived infact in the philosophy
\nOf existence one might say
\nUndeniably its beautiful
\nIn a truly peaceful way
\nAn individuality loving the water so
\nIn essence its long sweeping branches
\nWhere cool waters flow<\/p>\n
The sort of constitution
\nA virtue of its own
\nAn environment crowd pleaser
\nWith an equivalence and tone
\nA truly female spirit
\nWidespread an embracing all
\nReally rather breathtaking
\nAnd holistic as a rule<\/p>\n
The whispering tree said Seneca
\nThe china pattern tree
\nRecall its flowing flourish
\nOn those ceramics we
\nSaw witches crafting brooms of them
\nTheir branches resemble tears
\nSeen to droop so solemnly
\nThats how it appsars<\/p>\n
In autumn they turn yellow
\nDramatic art forms they
\nProviding waves of harmony
\nIn their given way
\nA rambling kind of patterning
\nA golden tapestry
\nA picture of such concentration
\nThis bold dancing tree<\/p>\n
Really takes up water
\nIts need is surely there
\nHecate the goddess of the willow’s
\nMagic stare
\nSacred to the poets
\nOrpheus we know
\nCarried willow branches
\nHe loved to give that show<\/p>\n
A healthy branch pushed soilwards
\nWill sprout for all its worth
\nHaving an amazing life force
\nFired up in mother earth
\nThe Fifth moon of the celtic year
\nOsier sometimes called
\nIn literary terms made famous
\nClearly it has enthralled<\/p>\n
Readers over many years
\nYoung and old alike
\nNapoleon rested under one
\nThe wind in the willows
\nA tyke
\nThat gurgled along so merrily
\nPrismatic in every way
\nA stream is a dream where
\nThe light throws its gleam
\nIn its most creative way<\/p>\n
From the ovate grade of druidry
\nThe willows healing power
\nIts catkins appear early
\nIts nectar from the flower
\nAttract the bee’s who come buzzing
\nIn the early hour<\/p>\n
Salicyllic acid in its bark its high
\nIts very natural a pain killer
\nWhich is clearly why
\nHerbalists and some physicians
\nUse it to this day
\nIts gentle and rewarding
\nTo the sufferer they say<\/p>\n
Its roots are very very tough
\nIts buds are lateral they
\nPlanted on paths and banks of streams
\nThey strengthen and display
\nBad to plant near houses though
\nOr septic tanks for they
\nThe roots will grow right through
\nAnd damage them more each day<\/p>\n
Edward bach was certain
\nHis flower remedies should include
\nNets and baskets wands and brooms
\nFlutes and sweat lodges crude
\nExcellent for charcoal
\nWillow arches do
\nOrnament great gardens
\nBiomass biofuel
\nAlso bio filtration
\nOn wetlands that is new<\/p>\n
Used environmentally
\nSaille by another name
\nShe is governed by the moon
\nSo the celts did claim
\nBrigit sought at imbolc
\nFrom the salix genus she
\nRises from the watery flow
\nWhere beavers love to be<\/p>\n
Rabbits and deer will browse around
\nWood ants also live
\nThe larvae of the lepidoptera
\nAlso likes to give
\nSome time to dear old willow
\nRevered by kuangyin
\nAnd the jewish holiday sukkot
\nWhere willow twigs they sping
\nAnd hit the ground for tish rei
\nTo do with harvest time
\nSound boxes of harps were of willow
\nWhere the resonance then could climb<\/p>\n
In Babylon they hung their harps
\nUp on willow trees
\nIn Shakespeare’s othello
\nA willow song
\nWas to appease
\nAt two feet per year small groves soon grew
\nAnd druids thought them to be
\nWith their staminate male
\nAnd pistillate female
\nA really promising tree<\/p>\n
The sadness is just thirty years
\nAnd they will often die
\nTheir tenderness and brilliance
\nIt is a great shame why
\nSome trees live for centuries
\nBut not so willow she
\nBut she is useful when they cut her down
\nFor cricket bats they be world class
\nAnd great furniture is made from willow wood
\nFlutes and whistles
\nBoxes broom handles
\nSo I guess thats good<\/p>\n
In oghams calendar 15\/4-12\/5 each year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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