Marescence is a peculiar trait
\nFor the cherry
\nIts holds its leaves
\nIt will not let them go
\nNot until the new flush
\nOf the next Spring comes to bear
\nPurposeful and affirming
\nIt does share<\/p>\n
Its burnished pewter bark
\nIs intensely magickal
\nA font of such renewal and regard
\nA harbinger of Spring
\nAnd a bright future
\nA fine grained wood
\nThats very very hard<\/p>\n
King Henry V111 he introduced
\nThe fruit to England
\nAt Teynham thats near Sittingbourne in Kent
\nHe tasted them in Flanders
\nAnd was taken by their sweetness
\nActually believing they were heaven sent<\/p>\n
Loved by the Japanese
\nWho believe the blossoms
\nProvide a plethora of beauty
\nFor the eye
\nTheir toothed edged oval leaves
\nTheir enchanting youthful scent
\nIs really why<\/p>\n
Reverence is so associated
\nDelicate and fine fleeting
\nAnd intense
\nHolding melatonin
\nHelpful for those who dream
\nA proven anti inflammatory
\nSuch sense thus it would seem<\/p>\n
The wood is truly beautiful
\nTo look at
\nFurniture and joinery can be
\nTight grained and so satiny and
\nGood for heirloom quality
\nTakes good stain
\nAnd its colour dutifully
\nReddish brown with perhaps
\nA golden lustre
\nIt oxidises well with such a hue
\nThat rich bold red that casts
\nIts miracles abroad
\nEphemeral and ethereal and true<\/p>\n
Its found in Chilterns
\nbeech Woods
\nAnd on lime rich soil
\nWhere tHe pedunculate oaks
\nArise and surely
\nLeap into the sky
\nTheir toil<\/p>\n
Seven years to maturity
\nConsorts to an embrace
\nProducing fruit in 3 or 4 years
\nSoft drupes sweet and round
\nWith utter grace
\nIntensely easy to desire
\nLove and fertility
\nI have one in my garden
\nWith its crown of constancy<\/p>\n
Turkey has the whereforall
\nTo so atract the trees
\nProducing an abundance
\nOf fruit and the birds and bees
\nAre so delighted with the visual treat
\nThe Middle East and in Italy
\nAnd France the natives eat<\/p>\n
A high percentage of water
\nAnd minerals as well
\nAn anti cancer substance
\nGout sufferers will tell
\nThe juice is pretty special
\nA most uplifting tree
\nCreating rings upon its bark
\nOf immortality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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