The Willow King Poem by Daniel Brick
The Willow King
They say we have a great king.
They say he has won every battle
he engaged, and his armies swell
with volunteers. The autumn air
is bright with thousands of
glittering spears and armored men.
But after the soldiers marched
into a distance which diminished them,
I saw a sight others had missed:
the king dismounted and walked
awkwardly under the willow,
fully armored, and sat in its shade.
He was still smiling into the willow leaves
when courtiers arrived with documents
and more armor. "Blessed Willow Tree, "
enthused a court poet, "your roots, trunk,
leaves, rise skyward, as if you would
dissolve your weight and slowly become airborne."
We still live in a world of partial happiness.
We still live in a world that a great king must protect.
We still live in a world where only the rare willow flourishes.
But deep under earth, where all waters flow together,
where all roots are entangled in one life, where we are
all one immense soul, there, there is born Our Life Eternal.
We still live in a world of partial happiness. We still live in a world that a great king must protect. - - - We are all part of one humanity- And we still live in a world that a great king must protect. Congratulations Daniel Brick for this wonderful poem being chosen as the Poem of the Day!
Humanity! ! Soldiers sold for war! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
By the will of the king thousands will go into the abyss of darkness, but by the will of the people no king will be held accountable... Beautiful composer I have to point out, just the philosophy in it really makes one wonder...
Deeply philosophical poem on life. The last stanza is the gist of the poem where every creations of God flow from a single source. Very nicely crafted to make interesting reading. Congrats on being selected as poem of the day.10++
wow greatly crafted by words the unity of nature out of our sight- deep under earth, where all waters flow together, where all roots are entangled in one life, where we are all one immense soul, there, there is born Our Life Eternal. /// great poetic expression
hey, daniel! i happened to sign on and saw your picture and poem featured—cool! now to see if you posted anything since the last time i checked. blessings on you, brother! -glen
Beautiful poem of blessed words flowing like clear water of river nurturing the life around.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Hi Daniel, Congratulations on being chosen for the Member Poet of the day. Yes this world needs a sympathetic King and Christmas is coming. I discovered a new Gospel from supposedly Christ's twin brother called the Gospel of Thomas. I still find much truth in the Words of Jesus but please bury the church. Hope all is well, Greetings, Paul