Tag Archives: trees

Trees sway like sea anemones

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Trees sway like sea anemones in the wind of course trees sing – do you not listen? © Meisaan Chan

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Deep lesson of the trees

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Just in case we forget, they remind us every autumn:The path of surrender is the path of beautythat is when you glow through We remember this truth and then we forgetand so, graciously, in twelve months they remind us again … Continue reading →

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Winter haiku

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Heavy snow gathers tree limbs sink down, then bounce back snow explodes, tumbles © Meisaan Chan

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Falling apart

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Everything falls apart in autumn – you can complain to the trees and, gentle-hearted, they’ll listen as their own leaves break and float down © Meisaan Chan

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Imprints

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

They say that for infants, steady, loving gazes, eye-to-eye, form the basis for intimacy and trust and emotional stability as adults; this gaze of open love leaves a forever imprint. And what of the earth? Does she not, … Continue reading →

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May all of life bear your fingerprint

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

May all of life bear your fingerprint: trees and rivers and stars, joy and suffering and loss; may all of life be washed by your touch and may you leave hints everywhere that yes, you passed © … Continue reading →

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Unseen God

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

Whoever called you the unseen God was numb in the deepest sense of the word for you are here in the glowing trees and red lights and stop signs and surprise sales when we’re shopping and silent tears and … Continue reading →

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Let me be for you a glowing canopy of leaves

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

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