Just recently I was contacted by a poet named Sudeep Adhikari, who wondered if I would like to publish a couple of his poems on The Hazel Tree.  Sudeep lives in Kathmandu, Nepal. The first poem he has offered me was inspired by a grove of 16 ancient olive trees in Bechealeh, Lebanon, known as ‘the Sisters’ or ‘Olive Trees of Noah’.  I had never even heard of these trees before, and was fascinated to see some photographs of them.  Sudeep’s words seem to offer a glimpse of their divine essence, evoking their mystery and their almost unfathomable age. The Sisters – Olive Trees of Noah?? All I have is…