The Fir And Palm-Tree Enshrouded In Dream Wedded Impossibilities Poem by Terence George Craddock

lonely is the fir tree lonely on the height
where the north winds blow by day blow by night
lonely is the fir tree sleeping on solitary windy height
cacooned in an ice snow whitened silk garment;
the fir tree sleeps bitter winter sleeping through
dreaming of an exotic palm-tree the winter through
in a far Eastern land where a cold wind never blew
in a far Eastern land hot where love a palm-tree grew;
lonely silent is the palm-tree mourning in an Eastern land
lonely silent mourning alone on its burning shelf of sand
dreaming of the fir tree sleeping in cold north winds land;
the fir tree wearing snow and ice abides high in northern climes
the palm-tree wearing sand and sun abides in heat hot eastern lands
dreaming fir tree weeping palm-tree dream wedded impossibilities;

Copyright © Terence George Craddock