The apple tree
… What plant we in this apple-tree! Fruits that shall swell in sunny June, And redden in the August noon, … – from The Planting of the Apple-Tree by William […]
The trees are bare
What matter that it is not May, That birds have flown, and trees are bare, That darker grows the shortening day, And colder blows the wintry air! – from Burning […]
Exiled
It wav’d not thro’ an Eastern sky, Beside a fount of Araby; It was not fann’d by southern breeze In some green isle of Indian seas, … But fair the exil’d […]
Nature in its simplicity
“Nature” is what we see— …. Nature is what we hear— …. Nature is what we know— Yet have no art to say— So impotent Our Wisdom is To her Simplicity. – […]
The tower of Chile
They lift you high above the earth tough, beautiful Araucaria from the southern heights,.. tower of Chile, crown of the green domain; pavilion of winter; ship of fragrance …. – […]
Withered petals
‘Maybe a breath of politic words Has withered our Rose Tree; Or maybe but a wind that blows Across the bitter sea.’ – from The Rose Tree by William Butler […]
Green is the plane tree
Green is the plane-tree in the square, The other trees are brown; They droop and pine for country air; The plane-tree loves the town. – from A London Plane-Tree by […]
Tree-tops overhead
Overhead the tree-tops meet, Flowers and grass spring ‘neath one’s feet; There was nought above me, and nought below – from Overhead the tree-tops meet by Robert Browning read more […]
Four Trees
Four Trees — upon a solitary Acre — Without Design Or Order, or Apparent Action — Maintain — – from Four Trees upon a solitary acre by Emily Dickinson read […]
The dell’s repose
And the voice of the peaceful valley Mixed with the billow’s song! “Stay in the wood’s embraces! Stay in the dell’s repose!” – from Down in the dell I wandered […]
A lost friend
My friend tree I sawed you down but I must attend an older friend the sun – My Friend Tree by Lorine Niedecker read more Park Wood, St Albans, November 2020 […]
Travel with Intent 