Saturday, April 8, 2023

The Heavenly Tree Grows Downward

 


Colorado Times-Recorder

Denver media progressive Jason Salzman is putting out an in-depth on-line newspaper with Colorado news and op-ed.  Here's one poem of mine that just appeared as opinion. For the published version, go HERE



Day After


April Fool's

almost missed 

the subtleties of circle fractures

in the poled skin of the snow


As Gerrit Lansing once told us

The Heavenly Tree Grows Downward

"All life long/the dew falls from heaven

... trees climb up from underground waters"



Holding palm up on the unburnt trunk

of a Thunder Trails yellowleg pine

in morning tai chi -- chanting

 needles, rootlets, hyphae


News alive again

with Mar-a-lago shenanigans

blowing ill-will like a militia howl 

before a Rocky Mountain storm


Not surprised really, Irate, saddened. Right

& left, vicious or vicarious, some furious

li bingeing on outlaw fantasies. We

Americans love our bully pulpits. Our puppets



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