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I have never thought of myself as a poet but this year as I was immersed in the "growing oaks from acorns" for the first time I was inspired to right this poem.


- I'm a hunter - provider - conservationist by design

God created me this way from all else I resign


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- We love the rut in the fall the strut in the spring

God created this cycle and His praise I do sing


- I'm a hunter at heart and few things quicken its rate

Like a gobblers spring chorus or a big bucks gait


- I take out of need but it also gives me pride

To provide that sweet table fare to tan that hide


- My Creator designed me to use and give back

This earth He put me on a sustainers heart I cannot lack


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- Some view us as cruel, bloodthirsty without care

But a day without planning for sustaining life is quite rare


-Im a part of His creation a key part indeed

Given the task to manage........... I pick up this seed


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-It's a small part I know the one that I play

A key part for this Mighty Oak on this fall day


-I plant you with care and with wonder watch you grow

Soon put in the ground in some kind of row


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-You'll have to survive winter, antlers and rabbits nibbling's

To maybe hopefully someday you and I to be like siblings


-A special kinship indeed words won't need spoken

I pray you'll grow tall and that you won't be broken


-I will sit in your branches longing to know your story

God's creation on display a glimpse of his Glory


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-We climb your heights or sit at your base

Awaiting the days first rays a chill they will chase


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-The things we witness the things we see

Perched up in the branches of this Oll Oak Tree


-The perfect ambush you make the best view in the wood

My bow limbs bend back arrow placed where it should


-Many turkeys to shoot lots of deer also to take

This tree aids them in life but its meat that it helps me to make


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-You provide acorns for critters homes for the tired

Beautiful wood and blazing heat for our furniture and campfires


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-Thank you Lord for the Mighty Oak and for creating us to be Free

Life would not be the same without You or the Oll Oak Tree

Amen!

Ben, you have the soul of a poet, good job.    :clapper:

Awesome!!!!

Bisch

Well done.

Thanks for sharing one of your talents with us.  Ken

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Originally posted by Ron LaClair:
Ben, you have the soul of a poet, good job.     :thumbsup:  

Thanks