Birch Trees

We have been spending a lot of time at our "new" cabin this summer. What I've noticed is a greatly decreased number of paper birch and a lot more oaks on this property. I miss those skinny trees that respond to the slightest breath of air.



Birch Trees


bear nervous Nellie leaves,
flutter with a thousand little flags
even in easy breezes
and SOS the hardwoods
on wind whipping days.
With all this fidgeting it's
no surprise these skinny Minnies
plague the pines and stoic oaks
with their skittery jitters.



Marilyn Aschoff Mellor