General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Notes on The Brownie Tree:

The Brownie Tree is a poem about loss. The narrator sees his late daughter again under the Brownie Tree. This is the tree where the local Brownie Troop gather at midsummer to sing songs and tell stories.

Her last words to him are 'Leave the light on...' This is when she returns at dusk to go to bed. She did not return.

The narrator (father) returns years later to search for the Brownie Tree. He sees her again, under the tree, with the others...He watches her and her last words to him are repeated in his head...'Leave the light on...'

The poem ends when he sees her ghost, at dusk, following the path home kicking the pebbles, like she used to do, in the dust.