Stump Poems #6

This Neighbor Tree
greeted me each
morning when
I got my newspaper —
the Afterlife of Trees.
I look forward
to greeting
my new neighbor.

(June 22, 2018
267 South Main Ave.,
Albany, NY)

Stump Poems #5

Tall stump
still attached
the other half
waiting still
for that saw.

(June 19, 2018
Washington Park,
Albany, NY —
near the playground)

Stump Poems #4

The calligraphy
of worms
on the stump
tablet write
“Decay.”

(June 19, 2018
270 New Scotland Ave.
Albany, NY)

Stump Poems #3

Stump
covered in sticks
offerings for
the After-life
of trees

(June 19, 2018
South Main Ave. &
New Scotland Ave.,
Albany, NY)

Stump Poems #2

“Stump”
Rhymes with
“Trump”
But this one
is Smarter.

(June 18, 2018
253 South Main Ave.
Albany, NY)

Stump Poems

[I have been noticing that the City of Albany, New York has been taking down old trees during the Spring, leaving what I suddenly realized one day while waiting for a bus were blank pages/canvases for messages & images.  This is the first of my “Stump Poems”.]
Tree down
Witness to the
past gone
Homes lost for
the birds
New tree here
soon
Future unseen

(May 4, 2018
Washington Park, Albany, NY
Bus stop at Madison Ave.
& Willett St.)

#stumppoems