05-03-2014, 12:15 PM
This is only the second poem that I've read of yours, and both were a pleasure to read. I like the physical descriptions. At first I thought the withering sidewalk elm was suffering from Dutch elm disease, but that usually affects the upper branches first, so that must not be the reference here. Elms made great street trees. I'd love to see more poems discussing the beauty/tragedy of the elm.

