Winter Trees

Sumi ink, acrylic ink, gouache on Japanese handmade paper
2009
20″ x 30″

Text: Winter Trees
by William Carlos Williams

All the complicated details
of the attiring and
the disattiring are completed!
A liquid moon
moves gently among
the long branches.
Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold.
Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams

Winter Trees

Sumi ink, acrylic ink, gouache on Japanese handmade paper
2009
20″ x 30″

Text: Winter Trees
by William Carlos Williams

All the complicated details
of the attiring and
the disattiring are completed!
A liquid moon
moves gently among
the long branches.
Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold.
Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams