“Numerous ages, cultures, and religions
revere our planet’s sacred palm trees…”

“There is one place we go
Where time grows ever slow…”

“She is my beautiful tree
Home of emerald leaves…”

“…And what union could ever be more beautiful
than the soft angelic murmurations of starlings…”

“…She nurtures our vast, growing tree
And I am her deep—endless river”

“The soft thunder of a summer storm
awakens hibernating spires of alpine life…”

“raindrops feel different in spring / drizzling anxious bark / melting our xylem frosts / pumping hushed hope…”

“one angry magpie
chases countless birds away…”