See Yonder Forest

I just love living out in the countryside, it's where my heart will always belong. The big cities are just too cold and lonely for me. I need the free-spirited wind in my hair and the fresh scents of wildflowers in my chest. There's just an unparallelled beauty in nature that seems to be growing distant in these times of urbanization and technological mayhem. Forget the iPhone and Facebook, give me a tree any day!

See Yonder Forest

See yonder forest all pleasant and green,

Just past the pastures and rivers serene?

‘Tis home to a life seldom recalled

In the hustle and haste of a city tight-walled

Where kings of great fortune and common alike

Live unaware of the glorious sight

For beyond their horizon and over their walls

Lay freedom abundant in Nature’s great halls

But blind are they all living with speed

They’ve forgotten the greatest of all greatest need

To feel the soft grass and scents of the trees;

The beauty of flowers and the trickling streams;

The blessings of Nature and the touch of the wind;

Where bird, beast, and flower all call each a friend

What is their duty and what is their fate,

Those living lives within that tall gate?

They may never know and nor shall I

So I’ll keep on dreaming with an eye to the sky

                                                                           - Piper Quinn

My Favorite Tree

Hey! What's your favorite tree? Birch, sycamore, willow, oak, maple, hickory, cypress, lilac, cottonwood, catalpa, mulberry, peach, apple, cherry, orange, plum, any tree! Please share your story on what's your favorite tree and why. It could be that your favorite tree is a flowering tree that always brings you joy to see; or perhaps your favorite tree always gives you juicy, ripe fruit; or maybe there was a certain tree you used to play in as a child that fills your memories with happiness. Whatever your tree, please share your story, I would love to hear it.

My Favorite Tree

Find me in my favorite tree

Hanging, dangling, feeling free

It’s where I always long to be

So find me in my favorite tree

                                              - Piper Quinn

Branches

Seasonal changes are all so beautiful, seeing the changes in the trees. The transitions from spring to summer and then from summer to fall and into winter, then back again to spring in time. It shows us that the world is always changing and time goes on, like a river or the wind. Here is a seasonal poem I've finished up that I'd like to share with you. Please share your thoughts with me as well, I'd love to hear what you have to say. Thanks!

Branches

In the spring the trees all bloom

And paint the blue sky new

They light the clouds each afternoon

And paint the pastures too

In summer sun the trees all sway

And dance in whispering wind

They look like children as they play

And to the laughter tend

In the fall the tress all praise

And wear their garbs of gold

They shine like kings in royal blaze

And like the kings grow old

In winter harsh the trees all freeze

And gather the falling snow

They hold their breath and loose their leaves

And dream of summer’s glow

With every season all are showing

The branches ever all are growing

                                                         - Piper Quinn