Monday, February 22, 2010

read a good poem: winter trees

bryant park, nyc. feb 19, 2010.
photo © anita aguilar


ok--the last of the winter trees for this year. i promise.

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Winter Trees


All the complicated details
of the attiring and
the disattiring are completed!
A liquid moon
moves gently among
the long branches.
Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold.
-William Carlos Williams via the poetry foundation

1 comment:

ata08 said...

thanks! happy you think so. the park was pretty striking that night...