I posted this last year. Tu B'Shvat is this Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Tu B’Shvat
In the middle of winter Tu B’shvat falls
Thru’ the frost and cold the springtime calls.
There’s a time for rest and a time for growth
Most living things require them both.
The trees offer many kinds of good
giving shade and fruit and we build with their wood
Tho’ a tiny seed may appear the least
It gives us the food on which we feast:
Fruit and nuts and all kinds of seeds
We note the season with our deeds
and give our thanks to the Creator
with a special Tu B’Shvat seder.
If I said all is well you know I’d be lying:
all over the planet forests are dying
Trees give us oxygen that we breathe
So if to our children we would bequeathe
A world of living creatures growing
forests and birds and rivers flowing
A world where trees can live and thrive
where all Yah’s creatures can survive
We’ll care for the earth with humility
And on Tu B’Shvat we’ll plant a tree.
2 comments:
Wonderful message.
I enjoyed this poem..I wish I could write..but alas...no.. I came via the tree festival...Michelle
Herbie The Elm Tree
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