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Let the Forest Find You

"Whose Trees?" by robin peterson

LOST

 by

David Wagoner

Stand still.  

The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost.  

Wherever you are is called Here,

And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,

Must ask permission to know it and be known.

The forest breathes.  Listen.  It answers,

I have made this place around you.

If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.

No two trees are the same to Raven.

No two branches are the same to Wren.

If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,

You are surely lost.  Stand still. 

The forest knows Where you are.  

You must let it find you.

David Wagoner is a professor emeritus at the University of Washington, where he has taught since 1954.  

His poem, quoted above, was inspired by being lost in the Hoh rainforest.

The Haunted

The woods are haunted, it is said

Where roots once tumbled ancient land

From bark to birth to brother’s hand

A ministry of trees

For trespass forsaken

In green cathedrals braced against ruin

In life pulsing through caged anatomy

A loamy thaumaturgy

Yet I've seen more good in them

Than all the children of men

The town is overrun with shadowed regrets

Cast by creaking giants

Soughing branches

And a darkness that whispers of us

Of the bounty we’ve abandoned

I have felt them

Phantom seedlings resting in skin

They will not let me alone

They fear I will soon forget

What it was like to

Breathe

Elizabeth Beck

Entries due today!

"Layers" by Taylor Reed Rydell

"It was strange being at the park with the trees and thinking about how long they had been there and how amazing they are and thinking how wonderful it is that we still have places like this in this state for people to see now and generations from now and then remembering that they won't be there generations from now, they won't be there till the end of the year....   :( sad... "    Taylor

Today is the day.... bring your inspired work and your entry form to the Harbor History Museum between 3 and 4:30 this afternoon.  Treehuggers stand tall in the Pacific Northwest, we don't call this "god's country" for nothing.  Thanks for sharing everyone!  

We Stood Tall

"We Stood Tall-Requiem for the Trees"  by Pat Meras

It's gratifying to see such widespread creativity and support emerging from the community.  Remember to bring your work to the museum this Tuesday, Sept. 27th from 3 to 4:30 pm.
Writers may submit their work via email, deadline for receipt is also Tues. Sept 27th.
Email;  kopachucktrees@yahoo.com  with questions or written submissions.

Reaching for the Light

"Reaching for the Light" by Jill Nordfors Clark

This sculptural basket, 22.5 inches high and 6.5 inches in diameter, is fashioned with hog casings, parachute cord and apple twigs using a needle lace technique.  photo by Tom Holt

Roots and Vines

"Roots and Vines" sculpture by Barbara DePirro