Dieback

Creator: Corinna
Location: Babbacombe; Devon
Story: cyanotype photograph on cotton

Dieback
(after e e cummings)

the leaping greenly spirits of trees
speak a leaf language, a susurration
which is lungful, which is air, which is yes

now the ears of my ears awake
to the resinous hiss of the burning pine
which is trial, which is fire, which is resurrection

now the ears of my ears awake
to the tin tremor of the aspen’s silver-bottomed leaves
which is memory, which is mourning, which is melancholia

now the ears of my ears awake
to the window scratch of the diseased ash
which is rattle, which is hum, which is future
Rights Holder: Corinna