The breeze breathes life,Flicker and swayTo my arboreal neighbors.My gaze makes them art,Wonder.They tell me to chill,Wonder. Green is not enough. Tree is not enough.My friends deserve a language wholeTo explain one liberated leafDancing gold and dark along the road. -Jenel Alan OriginalWorkPacificNorthwestPhotographyPoetryTrees
Night Owl’s Haiku Joy to see the sunLight the zigzag tops of treesBut still, yuck, morning. OriginalWorkPhotographyPoetryTrees
I take lots of pictures of trees. It’s one of my favorite parts about living in the Pacific Northwest. Trees also have a good reputation in literature – A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Giving Tree, “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer – plus the paper in my books comes from trees. So being a book lover…
Jenel Alan 