“to lead the mind away”

and there grows in the mind
a scent, it may be, of locust blossoms
whose perfume is itself a wind moving
                                                to lead the mind away

From Locust

From Locust

I love the locust tree
the sweet white locust
        How much?
        How much?
How much does it cost
to love the locust tree
        in bloom?

From Locust

From Locust

From Locust

A fortune bigger than Avery could muster
    So much
    So much
The shelving green
     locust
whose bright small leaves
     in June
lean among flowers
sweet and white
     at heavy cost

From Locust

From Locust

the locust tree in the morning breeze
    outside her window
            where one branch moves
quietly
    undulating
            upward and about and
back and forth

quotations from William Carlos Williams—Patterson: “The Library”

From Locust

From Locust

From Locust

From Locust

From Locust

From Locust

From Locust

From Locust

More pictures of locusts photographed during the summer of 2010, uncropped,full-size, at Veery Books web photo album here: Locust