trees – Sarah Potter Writes

#Tanka 55 — Tangled Ivy

An ivy-choked tree
symbolic of these strange times.
Sink into the earth
or focus on the blue sky.
Go!Tunnel through the tangle.

Winter sun squeezes
low between naked branches
crowned by feathered clouds.

On wild hilltops
lean gnarled trees tied up in knots,
padlocked by gales.

Sun cuts low through trees
Squirrels burrow under roots
People chase daylight
Winter solstice then Christmas
Hibernation ~ if only ~

Winter solstice soon.
Weather fakes balmy June day:
Whoops! trees have gone bald.

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