When great trees fall
When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. – from When great trees fall by Maya Angelou […]
Disrobed in an English winter
All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! – from Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) read more Heron Island, St Albans, December 2016 […]
Jolly holly tree
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, … Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly! This life is most jolly. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Autumn’s trees
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing … – from Ode to […]
More beauty than a poem
It’s the start of Becky’s July square challenge. Hurrah! This month’s theme is trees, and what better way to start than with some beauty; in both words and image. I […]
Spring growth
Close to the Cathedral, St Albans, May 2020 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 18 May 2021 Posted as part of Cee’s FOTD …
Scallop shells
St Albans, Hertfordshire, January 2021 I don’t know exactly why there are scallop shells embedded in the walls close to St Albans Cathedral, but I have a couple of theories. […]
Travel with Intent 