Andrea Corwin
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🐘Wildlife 🌳 Environment 🥋3rd° See nature through my eyes
Poetry, fiction, horror, life experiences, and author photos. Written without A.I. © Andrea O. Corwin
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Old Red Cedar
Western red cedar, over 1000 years old, you grew for 200 years and towered over others, silently observing sights in the forest that are no more, your secrets buried within your spirit. The bark covering your tree trunk, said to be about 23 feet around, was hollow when men discovered you. Inside the hollow trunk, a fire somehow began; you cannot tell us when, how, or why, and there is no record of it. The fire caused your death. Slowly, you died, from the inside out. Such a sad loss for an old soul of the forest, with centuries of knowledge in its cells. Houses, watercraft, shingles, bowls, bows and arrows, and paper that men used to write what they knew of your history could have been made from your body, branches, and bark. Truly, fire was a better death for you than a logger’s saw.
By Andrea Corwin 18 days ago in Earth
Dangerous High Bridge
Public Service Announcement Refreshing air fills your lungs, 420 feet above the river. Inhale the sweet aroma of evergreen trees, and experience scents the wind brings to you. The cascading, rushing river renews life. Ravens and eagles soar, calling in joyous freedom, catching updrafts. Giant evergreen trees stack the hillsides or create river turns with their fallen branches. Some days, clouds of cumulus, stratus, or cirrus float above, shifting into animal shapes. Vaping or smoking sullies the clean air. Forbidden. Campfires, loud music, and alcohol drinking and partying destroy the serenity. Forbidden.
By Andrea Corwin 22 days ago in Poets
