Since Halloween has passed and the winds have been dancing through the forest making all the leaves skitter and flurry in a blazing whirl of tangerines, umbers and golds; I thought I should post a poem.
Enjoy
I like trees that throw
that creak and groan
and roar from brows
flailing birching snapping
all jagged and bright
wrought and splintered with billowing fight
I like woods which bruise
shadow black lightening
taunting upwards to the sky
woods that bark and bite the air
bewitched
unhitched
barbaric
beware
I like woods which growl
slow deep and dark
then darker
that glisten black in the rain
all sap and wick
slender
thick, heave out hill wards
with cellular strain
all ship from tip
through girth to main
I like trees which bask
that drink in the sun
until leaves are crisp to golden
crown rich singed bolden
where birds claw hook and beak
and crooked knots
dither and weep
trapping secrets in tender roots
mulching skulking
all come hither cahoots