Just a Tree
Just a tree,
Widespread in the oven sun,
Deeply rooted, long of limb,
Welcome shade for passers by.
Just a tree,
Green and fragrant living grace,
Tough as envy, strong as pride,
Giving moisture to the breeze.
Just a tree,
Happy change from concrete grey.
Just a tree, nothing more:
Just a daily miracle.
—San Diego
6/29/2001
a.d. III Kal. Iul. 2754
Copyright © 2001 by Green Sky Press. All rights reserved. Tree photograph by the author.
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Accepted for publication in The Best Poems and Poets of 2002, ISBN 0-7951-5175-6, Fall 2002.
Accepted for publication in The Best Poems and Poets of 2002, ISBN 0-7951-5175-6, Fall 2002.