Straight trunks of aspen
stand solid and tall;
white wooden pillars
climb the foothills,
mingle with spruce,
where ten million leaves will
soon shimmer with golden light.
Then,
at the edge of evening,
the breeze subsides,
the quaking ends,
the calm returns.
Populus tremuloides !
© 2019 Richard Havenga
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"... ten million leaves will soon shimmer with golden light." ~ from: "Ten Million Leaves" by Poet/Photographer Richard Havenga @ Walk with Father Nature: https://walkwithfathernature.blogspot.com/2019/09/ten-million-leaves.html
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