Monday, September 29, 2025

Cottonwoods

 

Leaving the hardwood forests

of my native Michigan,

I curl under the curve

of Lake Michigan on the map.


After enduring Chicago traffic,

I drive past the lush and productuve

soybean and corn fields

of northern Illinois and Iowa,



then the land opens up before me

in the near western plains.

The flat, Platte River weaves

its shallow course through Nebraska.



Large, durable Cottonwoods,

toughened by less rainfall,

line the river's banks;

their broad, brittle leaves

clatter in the wind.

© 2025 Richard Havenga




Photo Locations:
1. 2. & 3. North Platte, Nebraska

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