last day of gingko
all leaves rain down this day
fall golden each year.
—
“the ginkgo is a storyteller, its tales colored in the gold of ancient sunlight.”
-n. smith
Nov21
Tag Archives: tree
Feb10
tree huggers.
the kinder were very worried about a tree that had lost some of its bark
they spent a long time finding little chunks of bark lying on the ground
trying to piece it back together and fill it in like a puzzle.
some had questions about how it might have fallen off.
‘was it a big, big storm?’
‘did something hurt it?’
‘did it get sick?’
some had thoughts about the tree.
‘i remember this tree from when we played here.’
‘that’s kind of sad.’
‘don’t worry, i saw in a book that it will be okay.’
try as they might, they couldn’t get the bark
to stick back on the bare part of the trunk
they left the pieces nearby on the ground around it
used a stick to mark where it was
gave it a hug before we walked back to our classroom.
—
“there’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”
-bob ross
Dec24
lit up.
harriet osborne, markers on paper tree
“i
lit
up like a
christmas tree.”
– hazel grace
vnitage pinterest – 1950s new modernist tree
Dec11
whole lotta’ love.
this tree has seen a lot of love
—
“fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
― w
― w
Apr9
standing tall.
big, old tree is winning, no little fence is going to stop it.
—
“this old world keeps spinnin’ round, it’s a wonder tall trees ain’t laying down.”
-neil young
Sep10
content.
happened upon
this friendly-looking tree
deep in the woods
so content and jolly
i think it would love to share its jokes.
—
“i never saw a discontented tree.
they grip the ground as though they liked it,
and though fast rooted, they travel about as far as we do.”
– john muir
—
bird hiils park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2020
Apr24
win the sky.
this tree
so stately so old
appears to have a face
when up close
quietly watching
over those resting below
—
“the tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber.
the tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert
Jan9
bare.
bare tree at rest in early winter.
—
“people don’t remember each tree in a park
but all of us benefit from the trees.
and in a way, artists are like trees in a park.”
-yoko ono
—
kerrytown courtyard, ann arbor, mi, usa
Apr27
on arbor day in ann arbor.
“what did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?”
-pablo neruda
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image credit: claudia tremblay, montreal
Apr12
the math of trees.
when looking at the trees on the kinder playground
it’s easy to see how tall the little people are
the green does not dare begin until it is
above and safely out of the reach of their tiny hands
even if they are standing on tippy toes
pulling, climbing, bending, picking, snapping
the trees do the math and live to tell the tale.
—
“trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.”
-zora neale hurston
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