O TREE of LIFE

"O Tree of Life," Montana BLACK spray paint and papercut paint chip sample on 4" x 6" watercolor postcard.

One of the cards I sent out as part of my "O Eschaton" series of poems for the 2021 Poetry Postcard Fest.

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O TREE of LIFE

O Tree of Life, roadmap to the various worlds
legend of leaves and branches and ripened fruits

to guide the way between the nether roots
and the heavenly canopies—

history meets topography in rings and burls
treasures of barked geographies—

yet fire and drought and clouded desert skies
threaten our journey

stifle our progress once fueled
by the sticky sap of sugared stems.

Will we now chart a new course
compass forward into a forest of dream?

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All artwork and poems by Troy Kehm-Goins © 2021 Troy's Work Table Publishing.