Elm Trees: Poetry

 By Lorraine Jeffery

Sand blasted alkali survivors,

hardy pioneers of brick-hard soil.

Twisted roots seeking hope in rock cracks.

        Now

Trash trees, despised

casualties of ease and water.

by Stephen Carter

Stephen Carter is the director of publications at the Sunstone Education Foundation and author of Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author. He is the recipient of the 2023 Smith-Pettit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters.

One comment

  1. Kael D Moffat says:

    Thanks for this piece! Succinct and sensual. Nice job bringing Chinese modalities into today’a arid world.

Comments are closed.