“A Place to Ponder”

I read this piece by Matt Oliver – of “Among Trees” on Substack and loved it. The photography, also by Matt, is stunning, and the poem compliments both beautifully. He gave me his permission to share this with you.

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A place to ponder.

“Places like this hold a quiet stillness. A place to stop. To pause. To reflect. A simple tree. A lone subject. Ordinary, and yet remarkable.”

Underneath the Birch

Beneath the silver-latticed skin
the morning gathers, pale and kind.
Soft light sifts through trembling leaves
and lays its hush upon the mind.

The world, in muted greens and golds,
forgets its hurried, restless tone;
here, even passing hours grow still
and feel as gentle as her own.

I rest where quiet roots run deep,
where shadows breathe and sunlight parts,
a summer held in tender shade,
and all my thoughts unlace their knots.

“What’s a place that makes you pause, even when you didn’t plan to?”

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Matt Oliver – “Among Trees” on Substack.

See more of Matt’s Stunning Photography at Matt Oliver Photography