To: Anna

I like how in “Trees” the person/thing is related to each season in a different way. I thought the second line of “Trees” was a very nice visual with “arms reaching to Heaven.” I originally didn’t know this poem was about trees because I failed to read the title before I read the poem. I thought it was about a person. These two lines “Arms reaching to Heaven/Head bowed in prayer” provide an excellent paradox in the beginning of the poem to show the versatility of the trees. I like these two lines of the poem best “Leaves, their lives expelled, their beauty at an end/To be found in the confines of wax paper treasures” because it reminds of me when I was a child and would save leaves and keep them in my room because they were brightly colored. I wonder if the second poem “Love is a Season” is about your husband or your children. I love the indents in both poems because it gives them character and separates the thoughts.