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"some storm anyway will churn down its dark boughs,"

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"some storm anyway will churn down its dark boughs,"

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 We talk
slowly, two women trying
in a difficult time to be wise

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"We talk
slowly, two women trying
in a difficult time to be wise"

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"So the black walnut tree swings though another...crack of the mortgage." (lines 30-35)

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“We talk/ slowly, two women trying/ in a difficult time to be wise.”

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"But we don't do
anything."

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“What my mother and I both know/ is that we’d crawl with shame/ in the emptiness we’d made/ in our own and our fathers’ backyard.”

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¨month after month,the whip crack of the mortgage¨ (lines 34-35)

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"So the black walnut tree swings...another year" (line 30-31).

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"...the leaves are getting heavier every year..." (lines 13-14)

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"So we talk but don't do anything"

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"... two women trying in a difficult time to be wise."

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...something brighter than money"

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"But something brighter than money moves in our blood..." (lines 16-17)

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"but something brighter than money moves in our blood" (line 16-17).

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"...pay off the mortgage." (line 2)

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"we could sell the black walnut tree...and pay off the mortgage" (lines 2-5).

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lines 30-35

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lines 16-29

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lines 1-15

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lines 16-35

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lines 1-15

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In Mary Oliver’s poem “The Black Walnut Tree,” the conflict a mother and daughter face over whether to cut down a generations old tree for monetary gain is ultimately resolved due to the age-old human desire to remember and be remembered.

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In Mary Oliver’s poem “The Black Walnut Tree,” the mother and daughter’s angst regarding not using the tree as aid for their financial predicament stems from the conflict between practicality versus sentimentality, showing how the harsh truths of reality cause people to question and evaluate their values.