The Poet's Forest

sun filtered by leaves

deep in the poet’s forest

tall trees, some fallen

Long ago, when I first received a packet of information about North Carolina national forests, I was delighted to learn that a forest memorial exists for a poet. Ever since then I wanted to visit. 


Finally, last Sat., we wandered up and down and around twisted mountain roads and found ourselves in this lush forest where some trees have lived for more than 400 years. It's dedicated to Joyce Kilmer, who died fighting in WW I and wrote the poem about trees many of us older folks memorized in grade school. 


What a lovely, fitting memorial to a poet.