Nature
Trees in Winter
From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Planes of Personality
Nature
Pine-trees:
Black clouds slowly swaying
Over a white earth.
Hemlocks:
Coned green shadows
Through a falling veil.
Elm-trees:
Stiff black threads
Lacing over silver.
Cedars:
Layered undulations
Roofing naked ground.
Almonds:
Flaring needles
Stabbing at a grey sky.
Weeping Cherries:
Tossing smoke
Swept down by wind.
Oaks:
Twisted beams
Cased in alabaster.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Trees in Winter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/272/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Trees in Winter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/272/.
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