“Of all created things the source is one, Simple, single as love; remember The cell and seed of life, the sphere That is, of child, white bird, and small blue dragon-fly Green fern, and the gold four-petalled tormentilla The ultimate memory. Each latent cell puts out a future, Unfolds its differing complexity As a tree puts forth leaves, and spins a fate Fern-traced, bird feathered, or fish-scaled.” LifeChildrenRememberMemoriesSimpleWhiteFourFateTreeSourceFutureBirdGoldUltimateBlueGreenSimplicityFishesSeedsCellsComplexityDragonsSpheresLatentFernsWhite Birds Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“And see the peaceful trees extend their myriad leaves in leisured dance- they bear the weight of sky and cloud upon the fountain of their veins.” TreeSkyBearsWeightCloudsPeacefulVeinsFountainForests And TreesSky And Clouds Author:Kathleen Raine
“Sensing us, the trees tremble in their sleep, The living leaves recoil before our fires, Baring to us war-charred and broken branches, And seeing theirs, we for our own destruction weep.” WarSleepFireSeeingTreeBrokenDestructionBranchesSensingRecoil Author:Kathleen Raine
“O never harm the dreaming world, the world of green, the world of leaves, but let its million palms unfold the adoration of the trees It is a love in darkness wrought obedient to the unseen sun, longer than memory, a thought deeper than the graves of time. The turning spindles of the cells weave a slow forest over space, the dance of love, creation, out of time moves not a leaf, and out of summer, not a shade.” WorldDreamMovingMemoriesSpaceMillionsDarknessSunTreeCreationSummerGreenDeeperHarmGravesForestsCellsShadeUnseenLeafsPalmsAdorationObedient Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
