
across the lake
the pines stand straight
as hairs on end

across the lake
the pines stand straight
as hairs on end

trees stripped bare -
the walker, once hidden,
is exposed to sky

a tulip poplar
stands beside the lake
in the warm sun

evergreens
sprout through leaf litter -
scale model forest

a gnarled old tree -
set against a backdrop
of fanned bamboo

even the branches of a brawny Kapok Tree sway in the wind