trees
— A leaf contemplates the community rule that all leaves must eventually fall, resisting until witnessing a tree being cut down transforms fear into understanding.
— Rain transforms a landscape as shadows move, sun breaks through, wind flows, and trees lean toward water in a meditation on nature's interconnected movements.
— A girl contemplates a memorial tree in a park, questioning whether the deceased would have wanted this tribute, then waters the drought-stricken willow and later finds it transformed.
— A morning walk through a dewy forest becomes a sensory journey as cold droplets fall from flowers and trees, chilling the narrator.
— A tree narrates its life from seed to death, surviving fire, drought, and bears, only to be felled when humans build too close to its trunk.
— A sensory catalog poem moves from mountain drives through rain showers to skiing, capturing moments of calm through specific smells and textures.
— A girl and her father venture into woods to craft a bow and arrows from oak branches, shooting them into the star-filled evening sky.
— A young poet captures the historic first tornado on Cape Cod through stark imagery of destruction—downed trees, a fallen church steeple, nature's violent word.
— A child imagines living in a tree stump, ready to emerge and dance like moonlight over meadows, finding home in the earth itself.
— A lake speaks through a young swimmer, revealing both its natural beauty—kingfishers, trout, pines—and the damage humans have inflicted upon it.