The dark bones of winter trees
reach out with long arms,
test the air with bare hands.
Hold within hard buds:
still life, tightly bundled;
persevering, patient.
Ready to burst in the spring,
to surge into new life.
Taste the air with new leaves.
© 2023 Richard Havenga
Photo Locations:
1. Eastern Cottonwood - McCarthy Lake - Kent County - Michigan
2. White Oak - Lowell Township - Kent County - Michigan
3. Red Oak - Grattan Township - Kent County - Michigan
4. American Beech - Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan
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