Native Tree Society BBS

That Black Tupelo reminded me of the "headless horseman" from Sleepy Hollow. The fifteen ft. white pine is a major find in these parts as well as your 13ft hemlock from an earlier report. Congrats!

a ripe moon falls from
the bough of an apple tree--
darkness befallen

windstorms protect the
saplings from the browsing deer
with broken branches

tall trees stand in line --
raised roots embrace the memo-
ry of fallen nurse

the divining rod
points down to the river styx--
a witch-hazel blooms

fallen fruit-
bipedals bring
down the house

summer snow
descends softly
beneath the cottonwood

stubborn old beech leaves
still cling to their trees
soon to be pushed out by new ones

early spring
a fresh breeze
turns over a dead leaf

hiking
a tree walks
silently by