Saturday, September 17, 2005

tree story #6


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1 comment:

Judith said...

TREE-POEM

What poet has sung herself
into this tree? An ancient juniper
at timberline. No, three
trees grown together, circled
against wind and deafening snow.
Massive of girth, it holds
the hollow of a lyre
in its heart.

As if a poet had crept
under its crown of leaf-scales
more lasting than laurel. Lightning
may strike, but its wood
will never be milled for pulp,
no pages of verse pressed
from its falling. Listen
how it sings.


Taylor Graham