many a winter night
it arrives and says for a moment:
i am still here*
Tulip Trees are good native pollinators, blooming May thru June. They grow very fast up to 25 feet each year. They serve as tall shade trees, 60 to 90 feet and much higher, and can live 200 to 300 years and longer.
* This poem is the closing verse from “The Tulip Tree,” by William Stafford.


