Reply #37: a little tree poem - Balsam Poplar

[Beringia]

Calling it now
black cottonwood
or populus trichocarpa
(greek – tricho is hair, carpa is fruit)
The Tallest Tree       in the West
apart from the         trees with needles

The upside down green spade           shiny, flat and flowing
in the thousands             on the branches
sprouting from             the tree trunk

it waves
in
the
sky wind
softly
like the
cool breeze
of
Waterman’s
eyes
the sweet smell
of the leaves
fills
the air
with cool
shade and balsam