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# Old Dryad
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/old-dryad/
- Published: 2023-04-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: by the water's edge, undaunted an old dryad, scarred and haunted ancient branches, gnarled and twisted she still reaches, unassisted for the moon on the horizon and the tide, is rising, rising
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

by the water's edge, undaunted  
an old dryad, scarred and haunted  
ancient branches, gnarled and twisted  
she still reaches, unassisted  
for the moon on the horizon  
and the tide, is rising, rising

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