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“Tall Pines”
Painting by Judy Wilder Dalton
From artistsoftexas.com

pines give themselves up
to the gods of the skies
statuesque in devotions
drop seed cones like prayers
on soft needle-bed turf
tops in unison sway in the
clean breathing breeze
hands and arms held aloft
in the rapture of seasons
exchanging their liturgies
this forest a sacred serene
place of worship and wonder
four faiths tilt in turns
of elliptical reverence
respective in yield of
their own special grace