Sleeping Trees: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:06, 10 November 2024

Sleeping Trees.

Context: "what have the plants taught you?"

I once asked trees (here in Minnesota) if they feel pain during winter, from the cold.

"We sleep," replied the trees.

When I say "I once asked", I mean it literally ... summer, years ago, while leaning against a tree and wondering how it responded to winter.

So I asked the tree — this one specific tree — if it felt pain.

I am a scientist first, but a poet also.

Black Birch: My Life as a North American Sap Tree is a short essay by an anonymous black birch tree.
Ely sunrise (16 February 2023) @ 7:34 a.m.

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+File:Black Birch.jpg|link=Black Birch|'''''[[Black Birch: My Life as a North American Sap Tree]]''''' is a short essay by an anonymous black birch tree.
+File:Ely sunrise (16 February 2023) 20230216_073404.jpg|link=Ely sunrise (16 February 2023)|'''[[Ely sunrise (16 February 2023)]]''' @ 7:34 a.m.
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 == Fiction cross-reference ==
+* ''[[Black Birch]]''
+* [[Ely sunrise (16 February 2023)]]
 * [[Gnomon algorithm]]
 * [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
+* [[Self portrait (13 February 2022)]]
 == Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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 === Social media ===
+* [https://x.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1855612841035813121 Post] @ Twitter (10 November 2024)
 * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1371083160855924737 Post] @ Twitter