Woods

Near Penzance, Cornwall Trevaylor Woods

That's when she found the tree,   

the dark, crabbed branches   

bearing up such speechless bounty,   

she knew without being told   

this was forbidden. It wasn't   

a question of ownership—   

who could lay claim to   

such maddening perfection?   

~Excerpt from~"I have been a stranger in a strange land"

~By Rita Dove