Not a small deal here.

Outstanding work by #Detroit News writer Candice Williams. #TraverseCity #Leelanau #farming

Turning sour: #Michigan cherry growers are quitting, cutting down trees

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2023/08/03/michigan-tart-cherry-growers-are-quitting-cutting-down-trees/70484496007/

On this lonely path . . .
old friends: the demure willows
and the craggy oaks

Someone burning leaves.
The valley fills with haze . . .
a distant bell

By the reeds, unseen . . .
white clouds dissipating
in a pool of darkness

As the wind goes . . .
who knows where night will find me . . .
searching for songs

[excerpt from “Where the Waves Were . . .”, Robert F. Mainone, 1966]

#poetry #haiku #leelanau #Michigan #LakeMichigan