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03-JAN-2014 LynnH

Tall Tall Palms

Sugar Land, Texas

My neighbor's trees.
by Rabindranath Tagore

The tree seems to express its wish
in the tossing of its head:
its fronds heave and swish -
It thinks, Maybe my leaves are feathers,
and nothing stops me now
from rising on their flutter.
~~~

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J. Scott Coile11-Jan-2014 17:09
Showing signs of a colder Winter.
Cindi Smith10-Jan-2014 16:23
I like this! :)
Bill Ewart Jr09-Jan-2014 22:43
My dad called these Frond Droppers!
Maaike Huizer09-Jan-2014 15:51
Monuments of life.
Mieke WA Minkjan09-Jan-2014 07:14
towering high, swaying with the wind, that is how you survive!
carol j. phipps09-Jan-2014 03:54
Wow! Those really are tall palms. Beautiful!
Janet Donnelly09-Jan-2014 02:33
Very familiar palms ...... we have tons of them around here. Nicely composed image! ~V~
Julie Oldfield09-Jan-2014 01:53
Beautiful palms! Wish we had those up here.
David Sands09-Jan-2014 01:52
I thought this said Psalms…. long day.