Pictures & Poetry
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Artist Su-Chen Hung, a member of Friends of the Urban Forest, exhibited an installation at the Museum of Contemporary Arts Taipei, in February and March of 2009. The title of the installation is "Tree with Arteries". |
3-page PDF with photos of the installation
The artist's statement: Tree with Arteries
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TRISTANIA LAURINA
Tristania Laurina
Your very name's a song
We celebrate your coming
Live happily and long
You joined Portola's neighborhood in April of the year
A chorus of house sparrows swooped a welcome for you here
Friends-of-the-Urban-Forest set you in the ground with care
In a sidewalk square of ready earth that long had lain bare
Sun will send you energy, strength to make you grow
Rain from clouds will water you and fog's persistent flow
You'll rise and fall each day and night with wind's embracing swell
And butterflies will flutter through and flies and bees as well
You have sturdy sister-brother trees that grow on Holyoke Street
Who'll wave their branches with you as your height goes up in feet
Palega Center palm trees will bend and shake their fronds
Saluting you, affirming your arboreal bonds
Nearby, lolling in his house, a sleepy mutt will watch
As slowly and abundantly you green your urban patch
And, if you're lucky, poppies in their native wander-y way
May yellow-orange circle you some day in early May
Neighbors know that naturally you'll help to clean the air
And, visitors will comment on your sprightly shape and stare
Children bouncing basketballs will touch you passing by
When babies feel your presence they may even cease to cry
Don't be surprised if one day you acquire a shopping cart
Just know that quickly as it came just so it will depart
And, sometime from a stranger's hand in place afar you might
Receive within your twigs and branch a bright and sparkly kite
May frequent whims of city living touch you lightly, tree
May seasons share the wonder of their wild fertility
From ocean, bay and mountaintop our voices sing your praise
For you and what you offer us dear tree for all our days
Tristania Laurina
Your very name's a song
We celebrate your coming
Live happily and long
Ellen Frank, San Francisco, 2007
