Saturday, October 22, 2011

Ode to Spanish Moss


One of the ways
I know am near my original stomping grounds
in the heart of north Florida
is to look to the trees
for the gentle drapery of Spanish Moss.


These pictures almost seem
like black and white photography,
but they are color shots on a cloudy day.


The gray of the plant
covers a green interior,
life within something that looks
not quite so living.


Gentle breezes add a certain
living movement,
but one beyond the plant's control.


While I love my home in North Carolina,
I have to visit the land of moss
(or more accurately, the land of angiosperm)
on occasion to set things right with my soul.


(Photos from the Warren W. Willis camp in Leesburg, FL, taken last February).

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