the forest tells
her ancient stories
with the shadow puppetry of leaves
Shadow Play
Ancient Conversation
the fleeting trillium
and steadfast granite
engaged in their spring colloquy
The Circle Is Never Broken
the decaying maple stump
an ancient landscape
for the pine seedling
Granite and Lichen
ancient friends
in company since
the beginning of time
Provisioning
the clamor for food
an ancient noise
that starts the hunt
Stegosaurus
green dinosaur
rises from the ancient earth
defying extinction
Near Enough
a great blue
dwarfed by ancients
returning to sacred ground
Foothold
the ancient ones
leave their footprints
above and below the land.
Center
The pines encircle the most ancient one
who has lost her needles but not her magnificence.
Sacred is the center.