Before you can learn the trees, you have to learn
The language of the trees. That’s done indoors,
Out of a book, which now you think of it
Is one of the transformations of a tree.
Learning the Trees ~ Howard Nemerov
The Language of the Trees (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Tags: Poetry, The New York Botanical Garden, Trees, Winter
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