Peace Like A Dove

Beautiful

May the peace of Lord will be with you, dear William! ;-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.

Beautiful imagery, William.

great

As I praise the Lord above. I watched three of the greatest sermons this morning and praised the Lord with them. As I crawl he lifts me up too. My spirit gets renewed and refreshed and so does my outlook on life.

Thank you for all the comments William. How are you feeling today?

Lovely

I like the idea of attributing human emotions to a tree but one line bothered me. Perhaps I am taking it too literally. How does a tree crawl?

Oh my goodness William dear friend, this really
was so beautiful and l loved it so much.
Thank You
Just Me
Barbie

Beautiful poem. Beautiful spirit.

Ahhhhhhh! I love it. The last lines bring fresh strength.

This is so beautiful William, you sure are hitting your stride.

You and Elsie too, are so talented. There is no way I could write poetry. Unless its the silly comments I leave. I have so much respect for those that can.

This is really lovely. It just SOUNDS like you are feeling better.

I am currently feeling like your tree in the beginning, I`m needing to clear my mind so I can find that peace you express in your poem. Thank you William, I needed that. I`m going to keep this one in case I experience another day like today.

Shaking yellow leaves from the tree

loved it from first to the last one...


Great ....

You wrote with such eloquence and beauty the story of my life. I love this, no let me amend that statement. I adore this piece. I wish I had an autograped copy to frame and place on my desk lest I ever forget where I have been and where I shall go. Thank You for sharing the beauty of your verse.

Have you considered entering the first Chapter contest? YOur work is worthy.

Never heard of this contest. I think most contest are fixed and I don't want to be part of such a charade. Look at a presidential election. Even it was fixed. Honor and decency have been replaced by lies and corruption in almost ever facet of American life where there's power, money to be made or where friends can scratch the back of another friend. Greed rules in today's society.

Hi Bill
I love the way you feel low and then you find the strength to rise. With God at your side.
A great poem Bill. You took us on a journey. As we walked with you we did not know where you were taking us until the end.
Well done.

Hi Bill, this is very beautiful and moving! Thank you!

It would be interesting to study the word tree in the Book of Psalms. The first chapter pictures a tree standing by a river. Someday I might get around to doing that study and sharing it with readers on my group Christians making discoveries. Maybe today is the day!

My dad was a tree trimmer (Minneapolis Park Board) and I sometimes traveled around the Twin Cities with him to help on a private job for some extra spending money. He needed someone to pile up branches to pull to his truck to take to the dump.

When the Dutch Elm disease wiped out our residential trees, it was one of those great losses to the accustomed. It is almost impossible to remember what it was like, so much have things changed from my youth.

It seems my dad worked around the clock. I'm so different than him. I guess when you lived through a depression, you have a different perspective on things. You never want to go back to that kind of doing without. Today we have credit cards and pay as you go. My dad wanted to pay everything off right away, but then the arrival of us kids sort of changed his well laid plans, and he had to compromise on his goals. I think he could have been a pro golfer if he hadn't been working all the time. Such are choices and what we do with them.

I had a very comfortable life thanks to my dad, but I'm afraid I got a bit lazy because of his providing. I still haven't learned to drive at age 57 in a few days. Never owned a house. Never married. Didn't move out from my parents until age 40. Life is strange!