In the Wind

 In the Wind 

Green waves sway in the buckthorn at the edge of the wood.

Maple branches whisper a song and take a bow.

A great, spreading cottonwood flickers its leaves like an audience of hands clapping.

Large, old ash trees - leafless, gutted by ash borers - swing, seemingly returned to life.

Mints and milkweeds dance together in the pollinator garden.

On the pond ripples disturb the spruce’s glassy reflection, while water striders make tiny wakes.

Arboreal life cavorts in the gusts.