The lime
is old and tall; fresh branches
protect its base with leaves.
The alder
has multiples of branches,
A spray of witch’s hair.
Leonardo’s arboreal Glad Day.
The swing
and goalposts in the playground
are sawn cylinders.
The fir is covered
with dangling clumps
Of serrated leaves,
but its trunk
Is densely wound and bound
with leaved ivy.
Other firs
are naked to their head.
Tall chimneys lift the house behind.
Where does the short avenue
of four tall trees
lead?
Living in the future present 
Loved this meditation on trees. And it made me think of a lime tree I knew as a child. It was so surrounded by growth that it made for a spiral pathway to climb up inside. Or at least – that is how I remember it.
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