Urgent Call for Poems about Trees from Poets who Love Them

Call out from Susan McCaslin -

The Han Shan Project: An Urgent Call for Poems about Trees from Poets who Love ThemHan Shan was an ancient Chinese poet who posted his poems on the trees and rocks of Cold Mountain. In the spirit of Han Shan….

o Join our effort to speak for the trees of McLellan Forest East, an endangered rainforest in Glen Valley, Langley, BC. It could be sold for private development and logged after Dec. 17th.


o Send us a tree poem and we’ll post it on a tree in the forest. One poem per poet. Keep it to one page with your name at the bottom. Small photo 

of you is okay.
o This is the west coast, so poems about species such as fir, hemlock, cedar, hemlock, spruce, bigleaf maple, black cottonwoods are especially relevant.

o Send your poem immediately to Susan McCaslin who can provide more information about the forest and the issue.
smccaslin@shaw.ca

Background: This remarkable and ecologically important forest will be sold by the Township of Langley for private development after Dec. 17 of this year if something radical is not done immediately to keep Council from proceeding.

For further information: http://mclellanpark.blogspot.ca/

McLellan Park Blog 
mclellanpark.blogspot.comMcLellan Park Blogmclellanpark.blogspot.com***************************************************This is my offering:
For the trees of McLellan Forest East:





making way
above the railway cut there standsthe gauzy remainder of our treescity sliced down cottonwoods bitter cherries alderslest they stumble and slide downslope to this new train
black tangles against evening mauvequiet empty yard enclave in a loud forgetful neighbourhoodjuncoes still visit bushtits still visitcoyotes and raccoons goneravens saw those great silver-sided leavessettled down in the midst of city racketto make their nest
in those dayswhen the clawing began withini stood at my window and watched the treesbreathed with them for themwith the hesitating breezehow I sorrowed at being unable to saveeven one


Casey WolfGrandview Cut, Vancouver