Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sentinel Trees



Sentinel trees 
proudly
guard my river 
like stags 





their
leafless branches 
 trophy antlers
covered 
in velvet moss





outlined 
backlit
by a stroke
of sunshine's 
gold





6 comments:

Em said...

very well put! love it.

Em said...

very well put! love it.

Unknown said...

So lovely! Trees have a character all their own.

Glynn said...

Beautiful, Kathleen. And the pictures, too.

Maureen said...

I like your "trophy antlers/ covered/ in velvet moss" , a perfect evocation of your image.

Kathleen Overby said...

Have any of you ever seen the velvet on a stag's antlers in the early spring? It shreds, peels and get rubbed off...

Thx all.