The silence of pines
On a hot day they offer shade
though I have always noticed them,
a stand of tall pines.
To be in their shadows
such silence,
sanctum.
Dense grass, a scattering of cones,
high in the crowns a wish of breeze
where bees dance,
down here though
the gift
is deep silence.
Rose Cook
photo Rose Cook
Rose Cook 
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