Our Fire Circle Tre - Jean-Pierre Swennen

[Larry Robinson]

Our Fire Circle Tree

Every Wednesday in Sebastopol, California, a small group 
of men meet around an outdoor fire at the foot of an old Gravenstein apple tree


We are witnessed and inspired by this age-old tree
some branches lost to storm or time
some covered with cankers and galls
a trunk hollowed to a twisted shell 
by fire and little creatures
yet still claiming its sacred ground

And upon the rising of the sun season

its blood stirs 

buds burst into exquisite white blossoms

and it emerges as a bride

ready to renew her vows to life once again

when the bees grant their blessing



Then upon the rising of the moon season

it settles into awe and gratitude 

knowing that its union, unlike the salmon’s,

will not claim its life

and silently revels in the dreams

of what is yet to come

	- Jean-Pierre Swennen
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