taut sinews
by Elouise
taut sinews
connect thick roots
with massive trunk
gaping scars
replace fallen limbs
with crude markers
overhead
leaves proliferate
on short thin stems
underneath
gather the fallen
food for the earth
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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 30 June 2015
Photo credit: DAFraser, July 2014
Longwood Gardens, Beech Tree
I’ve never seen anything quite like that before.
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Nor have I. At first I thought the tree trunk was ugly. But the more I looked at it, the more it intrigued me. Thanks for the comment.
Elouise
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It’s an interesting tree.
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