On Seeing Weather-Beaten Trees
Is it as plainly in our living shown, By slant and twist, which way the wind hath blown?
Adelaide Crapsey
Is it as plainly in our living shown, By slant and twist, which way the wind hath blown?
In just two lines, Adelaide Crapsey asks a quiet but penetrating question. Looking at twisted, leaning trees, we can easily read their history: the direction of prevailing winds is written in their trunks.
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