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The Poetic City: “Driving to Work Down Willow Street: First Sip”

Jun 04, 2018 • City Contexts, Creative Writing, Environment

Driving to Work Down Willow Street: First Sip 

The oak trees of Willow Street (photo by: Kelley Crawford)

Driving to work
down Willow Street,
crooked oak branches
twist morning sunlight,
turning it upside-down,
even inside-out,
as their leaves granulate
the light into sugar
to sweeten the day.

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