Fare Thee Well, Beloved Sycamore

The Sycamore Gap Tree, Also Known As The Robin Hood Tree, Is Gone: Revived for Ellie Hoovs' July Poetry Prompt Contest (Day 15) “Memory, Shelter, and the Poetics of Rootedness”

By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred Published about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read

Sycamore Gap Milky Way by

Introduction

This week, the iconic three-hundred-year-old Sycamore Gap Tree was vandalised and chopped down by a sixteen-year-old vandal.

The main image is by Jim Kearney

My friend Emily's art to remember the Tree by

For Ellie Hoovs' July Poetry Prompt Contest (Day 15) “Memory, Shelter, and the Poetics of Rootedness” that you can read about here:

Fare Thee Well, Beloved Sycamore

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Someone Felled It With A Black Blade
The North's Iconic Sycamore
Our Hearts Are Broken And Dismayed
This Ancient Tree Is Now No More
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Now Let Us Build A Monument
To Remember This Icon By
Beautiful Tree We Do Lament
It's Memory Will Never Die
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Now That It's Gone, It Shed It's Sap
Can We Keep A Piece In Our Home?
Robin Hood's Tree, Sycamore Gap
Seeds Of CAmraderie Now Sown
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Take Fallen Boughs For Charity
Remember This Sycamore Tree
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