Photo by Ron DeKett
Summer Solstice Tree
Saluda, North Carolina
by: Nan Lundeen
On Summer Solstice
this Blue Ridge
Mountain
stream
the tumbling
Pacolet
turns white
draped
over Pearson’s Falls,
turns dark
wending between
boulders
rolls under
leaved
limbs
past turtles
orange jewelweed
plantain leaf sedge
hydrangea white and wild
scent of mint
skirts sand
bearing
bobcat prints
black bear
scat
roasting
thrums
his jazz tune
ever improv
whoosh-slap-lap
nudges
a block
of mossy rock
set in by a childlike
God
one day.
Bravely
holding
itself above the fray
a tiny tree
rises
from
the middle of the block
rooted
in such a precarious
spot
eternal
in the now
having chosen
sun.
Wonderful! Poem and picture a like.
Poem and picture, both Amazing!!
You two talented, artistic people make a great team. Poem and photo are both lovely. Each can stand alone, but joined, they lose none of their unity.
Thank you all. Yes, it’s great fun to collaborate with my husband. It’s been a hallmark of our marriage.