{"id":2833,"date":"2013-03-02T06:48:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T06:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2013-03-02T06:50:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T06:50:55","slug":"trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2013\/03\/trees.html","title":{"rendered":"Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">&#8220;Here in<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\"> the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">se<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\"> deep city lights, a girl could get lost tonight.: from Sarah Bareilles&#8217;s City cuts into the heart of what the city represents in the world we occupy and the importance of finding those spaces where nature is in its full magnificence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to understand the preciousness of nature but none greater than to feel the spirit of a poem that speaks with clarity and intention.<\/p>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">The Heart of the Tree<\/span><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">What does he plant who plants a tree?<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">He plants a friend of sun and sky;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">He plants the flag of breezes free;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">The shaft of beauty, towering high.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">He plants a home to heaven anigh<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">For song and mother-croon of bird<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">In hushed and happy twilight heard &#8212;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">The treble of heaven&#8217;s harmony &#8212;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2013\/03\/California-Dreamin-Palm-Tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2935\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2013\/03\/California-Dreamin-Palm-Tree-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">These things he plants who plants a tree.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">What does he plant who plants a tree?<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">He plants cool shade and tender rain,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">And seed and bud of days to be,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">And years that fade and flush again;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">He plants the glory of the plain;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">He plants the forest&#8217;s heritage;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">The harvest of a coming age;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">They joy that unborn eyes shall see &#8212;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">These things he plants who plants a tree.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">What does he plant who plants a tree?<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">He plants, in sap and leaf and wood,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">In love of home and loyalty<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">And far-cast thought of civic good &#8212;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">His blessing on the neighborhood<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">Who in the hollow of His hand<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">Holds all the growth of all our land &#8212;<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">A nation&#8217;s growth from sea to sea<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">Stirs in his heart who plants a tree.<\/span><\/address>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Cuyler_Bunner\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Cuyler Bunner<\/a>(1855 &#8211; 1896)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: small\">\u00a0Plant something today and allow nature to play its part in the cycle of the unfolding of your life.<\/span><br \/>\nlots of Love,<\/p>\n<p>Melanie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;City&quot; by Sara Bareilles\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-p3Wty9bJeQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Here in these deep city lights, a girl could get lost tonight.: from Sarah Bareilles&#8217;s City cuts 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