Tree Astrology:
What's Your Sign?
April babies represent The Willow. You are highly creative, intuitive, and you understand that life teaches a lesson.
A personal tree story:
One sunny afternoon, my eighth grade teacher took our class outside to sit under a tree. She passed out bags of popcorn and told us to eat in silence."Study the tree as a whole tree first," she told us, "then separate the tree into leaves, branches, and its trunk. Remember as much as you can about this tree." We all giggled thinking our teacher had lost her mind. But, we knew our teacher, she was serious. I guess we sat under that old tree for about twenty minutes. Probably, the quietest we'd been all day. Back in the classroom, our teacher instructed us to compose a short poem about the tree. We all moaned of course. As we engaged in our writing, she quietly wrote this poem on the blackboard.
I think that I shall never see
a poem lovely as a tree
A tree whose hungry mouth
is prest against the earth's
sweet flowing breast
A tree that looks at God all day
and lifts her leafy arms to pray
A tree that may in Summer wear
a nest of robins in her hair
Upon whose bosom snow had lain
who intimately lives with rain
Poems are made by fools like me
but only God can make a tree
Joyce Kilmer
(Note:The tree poem I wrote that day ended up in the trash. Today, I honor 'all' teachers who make a difference in their class.)
Make the world a better place
Best,
Sherry
