as leaves are leaving
the tree’s structure emerges
written in colors
a poetry of absence
All Those Times Of Reaching Out
each one mattered
even now
with the limbs foreshortened
The Tree’s Shade
a protection
like being held
in strong arms
Sporting A New Coat For Spring
a verdant velvet of moss
green sleeves
for tree limbs
Twists And Turns
tree limbs diagramming
the effort and obstacles
of growth