Sentinel
The dead tree in the neighbor’s yard
blends with all the others in winter
Yet in full summer, dead branches bent
in the direction of the prevailing wind
it stands alone
Angular, stark, russet
against the panoply of green
Maples, oaks, locust, sweet gum, box elder,
redbud, dogwood, hemlock, pine
Sentinel to senescence
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Lovely. You, my dear, most certainly DO have a poet’s heart.
You are very sweet.
You describe my ash trees exactly and they’ve hushed like your poem