The Hollow (39)

This entry is part 39 of 48 in the series The Hollow

standing
among the fallen

tuliptrees

“common though not abundant”
Liriodendron
tulipifera

massive trunks

the mechanics of rising sap
still a mystery

riffle-patterned bark

enough stillness
for algae

Via Negativa is a unique experiment in daily, poetic conversation with the living and the dead. Dave Bonta founded the site in 2003 and Luisa A. Igloria joined in 2010. Guest authors contribute as well. Dave writes daily erasure poems to discover the poetry hidden in the Diary of Samuel Pepys. Luisa has been writing and posting a poem a day since November 2010, often in response to Dave’s entries at The Morning Porch. Collections of poems first published at Via Negativa include Luisa’s The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis and Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser, and Dave’s Ice Mountain and Breakdown: Banjo Poems. Read more…