021219c

this wood
ships itself to the mill
shipworms implode

061918b

trees toss their heads
it looks cool
but I stay inside

112717c

neglected garden

purple and orange blossoms
spiky dewberry vines

next year

walnuts and pecans
a meter tall

011817

out of the fog
trees lumber, ent-like
speak in slow tongues

speaking in slow tongues
forests ineffectually grasp
at hard-biting shadows

121516b

pecansare plucked
in shaded ditches
soon to be pie

120416b

rainy enough
to unsettle plans
trees ain't feelin' it

102616

the reach of trees
steady and sure
would have made it
if it wasn't for that
meddling kudzu

102416b

vascular tubeway
root to crown: hot pizza
quick as lightning

101316

Brown streaked ovoids litter the driveway
I race the squirrels, hoarding nuts
for pies, cookies, baked and spiced snacks
many I'll just eat raw
love living in the South

101116

 pecans bounce
and roll off the concrete
autumn breeze

041616b & DN 102

All contrib copies of DN 102 enveloped & will be mailed Monday. Some submissions rejected & some bought.


sessile sentients here silicify from outside in
whispering trees remember
before we harvesters came
glass walls mutter far into the night
fireplaces scream all winter

121314

trees make for quiet tourists
don't complain much
early to bed
rarely smoke
but I hate 'em
they're not big participators
never tip
block the best views
hate adolescents
require beetle bonding
or the deal's off

A Lagrangian Poem

habitat fall


deciduous clouds: crimson, gold
englobe each tree in autumn
drift slowly out to kiss
dirt's thin carpet
now gravity's gone


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