The loss of a well loved walnut tree in Lavant inspired Lindsay Rebbeck to write a poem.
The Walnut Tree
The walnut tree is dead
They had to cut it down
At the ending of the year
My view now clear
To fields and cows
Time past & yet I feel the loss
Of a familiar friend
The guardian of the playground
Long leaf, long life
And the brainiest of nuts
The rooks are homeless now
Circling in the early morning light
I miss their noisy clamour
And debate into the night
Another raucous Parliament
Old warrior on a battlefield
What will become of you
And all of us in this uncertain time
Our debt to you repaid in furniture
Or just some logs for a cosy winter fire?
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