DAY 86 - COUNTING DOWN TO THE 50TH

Good Morning, Class of '64

The Willow Tree - Pamela West

“Willows never forget how
it feels to be young.
Do you remember where
you came from?”
William Stafford

The willow is my favorite tree. I grew up near one. It's the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it - no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.

Pink

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Willow Tree With Full Moon - Ingrid Alvarez

I grew beside a willow and would grab 
its branches in bunches then run across 
the grass and narrow cement walk that led 
to the back door, so I could bend my legs 
at the knees to lift them from the ground 
and soar swiftly back across the yard again. 
I was flying. 
I miss that willow.

Weeping Willow - Poucher

Willow Weep for Me
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and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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Chad and Jeremy - 1964

Willow weep for me.

willow weep for me.
Bend your branches green 

along the stream 

that runs to sea.
Listen to my plea.

Listen willow and weep for me.
Gone my lover's dream, 

lovely summer's dream.
Gone and left me here to weep 

my tears into the stream.
Sad as I can be - 

hear me willow and weep for me.

Whisper to the wind and 

Say that love has sinned
To leave my heart aching and 

making this moan.
Murmur to the night 

to hide her starry light,
So none will find me sighing

 and crying all alone.
Weeping willow tree, 

weep in sympathy.
Bend your branches down along 

the ground and cover me.
When the shadows fall, 

bend, oh, willow and weep for me.

Willow Tree - Ashlee Merchant

“The willow which bends to the tempest, 

often escapes better than the oak which resists it; 

and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens 

that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity 

and presence of mind sooner than those of a 

loftier character.”
Sir Walter Scott

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, 

while the bamboo or willow survives by 

bending with the wind.”
Bruce Lee

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, 

the willow bent when it must and survived.”
Robert Jordan

The Fires of Heaven

Springtime Weeping Willow and Redbud Trees - Kathy Bryant Williams