Newmade Desk
Creation Place photo by Susa
Huanacaxtle tree, you grew for me.
Now your honey grain
makes the desk where I create.
Your feathery leaves
gave majestic shade.
Now to me you give
your blessing and protection.
May your fragrant blossoms
scent my poems.
May I be as steadfast in my art
as this heartwood of your mighty trunk.
Your radiance! It hums
for my attention
Like a lover I am drawn to you.
You call me to my work!
Parota, Guanacaste,
tree of many names,
your seed that grew within a pod
shaped like an elephant’s ear,
sprang to life and came to me.
I sit now at the desk from you
and listen hard for poems.
May the words I craft
on your alluring surface
make me worthy of your splendor.
Following your sterling ways,
oh Huanacaxtle tree,
I pledge to the world my every gift.
©Susa Silvermarie 2017
The desk was made (and delivered yesterday!) by carpenter Jorge Eliosa Franco; the tree, by Mother Earth.
Beautiful desk, beautiful poem
I love the dedication to this gorgeous tree and the very talented carpenter who made the beautiful desk for you.
I love seeing your new desk and learning about a new tree! Your words are blessing the tree and all its kin.
Oh Susa what an inspiring place to create…such a gift from the beauty of Mother Nature …and the craftsman who transformed the tree into his work of art!
Love seeing the beautiful tree and the desk it turned into!
a wondrous Tree inspires a wondrous Desk, inspiring a wondrous Poem from a wondrous Artist
That’s gorgeous. I love wood, and a good desk!
This desk is a as regal as you my dear.