Potter's Inn with Stephen W. Smith

Potter's Inn with Stephen W. Smith

What the Trees Do

A Collision of Beauty

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Oct 12, 2025
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A friend hosted a small gathering of souls for a “forest church.” And I saw this collision of beauty. I was wrecked by it.

I was invited to read this poem as a part of the forest church.

What do you see, sense, hear and feel in this poem?


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