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Tree Spirits
by Todd Hanks
The tree spirits kneel
by the indigo river,
naked and longing,
green and slender,
with thighs smooth
as emeralds.
Once a month they
mate with the moon.
Its beams change to
warriors with wild hair
and celestial eyes.
From space comes
lunar moans,
and the forest is an
orgy of pulsing soil
and throbbing bark.
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© Hanks, 2007
Todd Hanks is a poet from Missouri. He has recently had his fifth poem in two years accepted by the Kansas City Star. His recent publications include Dreams and Nightmares, the Rhysling and Dwarf Star Anthologies published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association of America, and he just got a poem accepted by Night to Dawn.