What leaves usually turn brown during the fall season? And how dark do they usually get? I was holding a yellow leaf with dark stippling up to my eyes. Leaves littered the park beyond what I’d expect for mid-March. I wasn’t sure if this is from a Live Oak or Rio Grande Valley Fiddlewood, but ...

It’s not hard to see them Standing tall and proud Branches bent and swaying Thick trunks rooted in the ground   Many have stood for generations. Some fairly new All reaching upwards, filling the sky with bloom Hiding a beauty that few see   Some say they represent change. Others are the very foundation that ...

Thank you for your drooping branches, Graying at the stems and leaves splaying Between me & a race soldier’s bullet. I never knew what made the wind Break so forcefully – left and unfettered, Swaying the grass in unison like a hard jazz step, Seconds before the next Martyr’s lament Whisked in quarter time to ...