I, too, love trees--and used to write sonnets quite regularly. I'm inspired to maybe play with that form again! Thanks for sharing these.
We had to cut down a beautiful old tree from in front of our house--which, while not the house of my childhood, WAS my parents' house from my late teens, before we bought it a few years ago. The tree had been entirely eaten out by ants in the middle and would in fact have done great damage to our house, had it not been felled. But it was sad, and I immediately thought of it when I read your second sonnet, especially.
It’s so hard especially to see childhood trees or any other memorable trees go. 😟
Re: sonnets - I’m hoping to move out of this form soon and move on to a different one. (I’m learning from Mary Oliver’s poetry handbook. 😁) I hope you enjoy writing sonnets again if you do decide to go back to it. I’ve certainly been enjoying it.
I, too, love trees--and used to write sonnets quite regularly. I'm inspired to maybe play with that form again! Thanks for sharing these.
We had to cut down a beautiful old tree from in front of our house--which, while not the house of my childhood, WAS my parents' house from my late teens, before we bought it a few years ago. The tree had been entirely eaten out by ants in the middle and would in fact have done great damage to our house, had it not been felled. But it was sad, and I immediately thought of it when I read your second sonnet, especially.
It’s so hard especially to see childhood trees or any other memorable trees go. 😟
Re: sonnets - I’m hoping to move out of this form soon and move on to a different one. (I’m learning from Mary Oliver’s poetry handbook. 😁) I hope you enjoy writing sonnets again if you do decide to go back to it. I’ve certainly been enjoying it.
There's something kind of grounding/comforting in the form, I think. I don't know that I'd stay there, but I might revisit for the purpose.
So very good! I love these!