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Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Turns
Trees
Upon
Sky
Spiritual
Record
Nature
Paper
Earth
Records
Writes
May
Tree
Poems
Writing
Turn
Emptiness
Life
Wisdom
Fell

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