A cluster of Cottonwoods
gathers along the Platte River
in Nebraska.
The prairie wind
creates a clatter
in the congregation
of brittle leaves.
I listen carefully.
Their conversation is
about the far horizon;
recalling their shimmering youth,
before roads paved the prairie.
When badgers and buffaloes belonged.
© 2021 Richard Havenga
"... before roads paved the prairie.
ReplyDeleteWhen badgers and buffaloes belonged."
~ from: "Cottonwoods" by Poet/Photographer Richard Havenga @ Walk With Father Nature: https://walkwithfathernature.blogspot.com/2021/08/cottonwoods.html