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[[File:Black Birch.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Black Birch'''''.]] | [[File:Black Birch.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Black Birch'''''.]] | ||
'''''Black Birch: My Life as a North American Sap Tree''''' is a | '''''Black Birch: My Life as a North American Sap Tree''''' is a short essay by an anonymous black birch tree. | ||
== Black Birch == | |||
Your people do not remember the beginning. You do not remember your ancestors. You do not even remember your own births. | |||
We do not remember the beginning. But we remember before the ancestors. We remember the ancestors. We remember our our births. | |||
We remember you when you were young. How few you were then! But ''active'', so ''active''. This is your word. It is strange to us even now. | |||
You ''ran'' to us. You ''ran'' among us. This is your word, also strange, but less strange than ''active''. | |||
We sheltered you from rain. | |||
We sheltered you from things like you. The running things. The killing things. | |||
How different we are! And yet we meet, and speak, and share the ways our two peoples. | |||
== Origin == | == Origin == | ||
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Grant me a fine work, that I may be worthy of your gifts. | Grant me a fine work, that I may be worthy of your gifts. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Sleeping_Trees_(tweet).png|link=Sleeping Trees|'''[[Sleeping Trees|I once asked trees if they feel pain during winter, from the cold]]'''. | |||
File:Bonsai lock picking.jpg|link=Bonsai lock picking|'''[[Bonsai lock picking]]''' is the practice of unlocking a lock by manipulating the components of the lock device using a bonsai or similar miniature tree. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Bonsai lock picking]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Sleeping Trees]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_lenta Betula lenta] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_lenta Betula negra] @ Wikipedia | |||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1597985297484386306 Post] @ Twitter (30 November 2022) | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1597985297484386306 Post] @ Twitter (30 November 2022) | ||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1596632661355016193 Post] @ Twitter (26 November 2022) | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1596632661355016193 Post] @ Twitter (26 November 2022) | ||
* https://twitter.com/AoftheH/status/1596590586496262144 | * [https://twitter.com/AoftheH/status/1596590586496262144 Post] @ Twitter () | ||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Short stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:31, 24 July 2023
Black Birch: My Life as a North American Sap Tree is a short essay by an anonymous black birch tree.
Black Birch
Your people do not remember the beginning. You do not remember your ancestors. You do not even remember your own births.
We do not remember the beginning. But we remember before the ancestors. We remember the ancestors. We remember our our births.
We remember you when you were young. How few you were then! But active, so active. This is your word. It is strange to us even now.
You ran to us. You ran among us. This is your word, also strange, but less strange than active.
We sheltered you from rain.
We sheltered you from things like you. The running things. The killing things.
How different we are! And yet we meet, and speak, and share the ways our two peoples.
Origin
The good and gracious 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 🏆@AoftheH has offered me a literary commission — my first — which I am honored and pleased to accept.
O Muses, your servant I am, hear my hopes:
Grant me a fine work, that I may be worthy of your gifts.
In the News
Bonsai lock picking is the practice of unlocking a lock by manipulating the components of the lock device using a bonsai or similar miniature tree.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Betula lenta @ Wikipedia
- Betula negra @ Wikipedia