The Palm Tree

Hail Phoenix Dactylifera !



The palm tree dear friends is indeed

A wondrous and so  extraordinary tree,

Is highly  prized by folks of many a creed

throughout the course of human history.



Unlike the oak, that strong and boldly stands

Upright and proud to face the stormy gale,

The Palm, so supple, only  sways ad bends

While tempests rage and high winds howl and wail.



The palm  is  nimble  and  resilient

To face the  fiercest storms and only sways,

It gathers in its fronds and and bows and  bends,

And lets the furious winds have their own way.



This takes the spunk out of the raging  fiends,

Their feistiness and their destructive zest,

And disappointed thus the fatal  winds

Harm other trees that deem to them the best.



The gentle palm tree greets with smiles the wind,

Defers, it seems,  and simply does bow low,

As does its cousinj tree, the Tamarind,

That elsewhere has its place to thrive and grow.



The  sturdy Oaks, and poplars in the field,

When gusts hit  hard may just come crashing down,

So mighty striving high  they will not yield,

And often lose their  blooming leafy crown.



Palms keep prioducing fruit in their old age*  

And do not halt and  stop producing it,

So says the Pslmist poet king and  sage,

Palms are  for sanctuaries prized and fit.



Wherever palms adorn, grow warm deep  bonds,

And  people love the  palms beneath their roof,

Caressing, blessing   with their swaying fronds,

Refreshing and sustaining peace and love.



Fronds sway apart, and then again they gather-

As if to speak: “so long has been the wait”

Like happy spirits that embrace each other

And then with love will interpenetrate.



Ah ! supple  swaying fronds, you that produce

Yet in advanced old age the  finest fruit, -

They looked for you the hungry wandering Jews

To be their sole sustaining  source of food.



Lo! beauty, shelter, shade and succulence,

A staple in so many  derserts dry,

A  stable source of food of excellence

They treasured it and prized it very high.



Old Jericho's renown came from the Date,

In Hebrew tongue and  language called “Tamar”

And visitors flocked through the city’s  gate  

For dates so succulent from near and far.



A symbol is the palm of  victory,

Of sacrifice, of peace and martyrdom,

And  beauteous palms grace the  solemnity,

In sanctuaries, palaces and  home.



A symbol of Hosannah's hope and  faith,

Besung and praised in many a splendid Psalm,

Of Resurrection,  beauty, joy and grace,

The beautious delightful supple Palm.



A symbol of what's beautious and good,

Of soothing balmy shelter and of shade,

Of permanance in well producing  fruit,

This precious gift of God,- the Palm and Date.





(Psalm 139 and psalm 92)
















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