Conservation Status

Least concern


Near threatened


Vulnerable


Endangered


Critically endangered


Extinct in the wild


Extinct
More than you
could shake a stick at

Enough for you
to shake a stick at

I wish you would
put that stick down

Can’t see the wood
for the trees

What is the sound
of a tree falling

What is the sound
of no trees falling

What is
                                                                             a tree
 
Notes:

This poem is part of a portfolio of work on the occasion of Edwin Morgan’s centenary. Read the introduction by James McGonigal here.

Source: Poetry (July/August 2020)