The Salix Babylonica

                                                                                               Attribution:  Oroussei
Image: The catkins of the weeping willow flowers which are
dioecious where the male and female are on separate trees (here)

An air of sadness and outright dejection

Drooping nonchalantly in throes of laziness

Taking the slightly moving light breeze

Not wanting to indicate urgency of any kind

That is the picture etched very often

But from a distance a contrasting sight of welcome

Air of relaxation flowing leisurely in the breeze

Such is the attraction of the weeping willow

Very much commonly seen benefiting landscapes

Around those of pools lagoons and brooks

Where water source provides the lifeline

And often used to advantage to strengthen

Water control and preventing the river

Banks from being washed away easily

Mindful though water looks beautiful above

But treacherous root formation below can cause

Untold damage if planted next to drains and

Water pipes as propensity for water is an attraction

To its desire to cause blockages of roots appearing

Innocently from below the ground.

Grown from cuttings easily rooted in an instant

Apparently the choice of getting the base of 

the best charcoal and the supple twigs are easy

on basket weavers.

Its versatility of uses matching

its beauty of appearance

Written for Bjorn's hosting at d"Verse: Under
the canopy with Poetics on - trees! and shared
with Poets United's Poetry Pantry #185