Climax forest, nine
thousand feet
and even I can feel
the deep pulse, arterial
neural network of roots
mycelium, pathways
of the planet
connected.
I am alone
but not alone
far from home
but home
and one.
Robert Tremmel lives in Ankeny, Iowa; his most recent books are The Records of Kosho the Toad and The Return of the Naked Man, which won the Brick Road Poetry Prize.
