Birch the silver shadowy soulful
\nSentinel survivor
\nA scout that surfaces sooner
\nThan most trees let me say
\nIt can face up to wintry wildness
\nBeing wholly versatile
\nIt grows all over the temperate zone
\nAnd has done so for a while<\/p>\n
Known as the white lady
\nAnd the goddess tree
\nLinked to Freya and the
\nNorse Rune Berkana
\nGrowing free<\/p>\n
It represents renewal
\nThe first tree of oghams
\nAnd of the Celtic year
\nMakes fantastic charcoal
\nAnd gunpowder so
\nI hear<\/p>\n
After ground is disturbed
\nThe birch is the first tree
\nTo re appear.
\nFly agaric works with birch
\nCompanions apparently
\nA patron of hallucinogenic journeyers
\nBeauty
\nWhite papery bark
\nIt\u2019s sap tastes better than it should
\nA hard wood yellowish to white
\nAnd As firewood burns so quietly
\nWhich for the hearth is good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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