Monday, April 19, 2010

Tree of Shoes

Out in the middle of the vast desert appears
a strange sight suddenly-a tree of shoes.
I haven't seen it for years as we seldom
travel Highway 50 through desolate Nevada.


But it's still there, although blooming with
many more shoes than I remember last time.
I don't know who started this event or when,
but the tradition caught on and it is still there.

Making one ponder why would it remain:
an artistic statement, a garbage dump or
a realization of how transient life really is
with so many of our footsteps unremembered?

10 comments:

  1. Amazing! I'd never heard of the Tree of Shoes, but obviously many, many others had!

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  2. How interesting. I doubt there was a lot of deep thinking involved, likely teenagers got it started. But, that is a lot of shoes!

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  3. First time I've ever seen a tree of shoes. Cool. Looks like a fun way to get rid of one's old shoes!

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  4. How fascinating!! It reminded me of 'Caps For Sale' which is a kids' book.

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  5. I had to read back to April 8 to catch up with your blog. Now you get to catch up on all my comments!! Haha.

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  6. That tree makes an awesome statement! I'm not sure what it is, but the artist in me loves it. Ha!

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  7. I am thinking that tree could shod an entire town. That is very interesting. Makes me think how wealthy we are.

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  8. I'd never heard of this tradition. Very interesting.

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