nesting chamber (Trees: #1)

lateral roots

entangle with soil and stone

a solid anchor

winter uncovers

strong limbed sky scrapers

lodged in the branches

woven of fine grass, lichen

last year's nest

tucked in the roots

a chamber lined with leaves

in a hollow

shelter and sustenance

for bird, reptile, mammal

inside

a fairy ring of trees

living magic

~ by Julie Naslund & Ingrid Bruck

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tree (Trees: # 2)

 

sap

flowing skyward

with the birds

 

living cells thrive

beneath protective bark

 

water rises

up the micro-pipeline

out the leaves

 

photosynthesis

sunlight, chloroplasts

a vital engine

 

releasing clean air

plants and animals breathe

 

new growth

at the center, heartwood

silent history

 

 ~by Ingrid Bruck & Julie Naslund

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windswept   (Trees:  #3)

 

winter babies

in needle lined cradles

pine cones rock

 

red osier and willow stems

play a wind rattle

 

windswept

hollow tree branch

the first flute

 

a howling

spruce trees lean

into the gale

 

inside ice armor

the woods sway and creak

at last

unfathomable silence

after the storm

~by Ingrid Bruck & Julie Naslund

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wren on an old woman’s shoulder tasing white hair

~by Ingrid Bruck