Cottonwood shade.
Leaves fall in summer time
We are alarmed to see this change
Why now?
They thirst
Nature's moisture
From mountain snow is less.
Last year they needed supplements
To live.
Times past
They thrived with creeks
Sending mesa snow melt
Supplying water from nearby.
Not now.
(Cinquain poetic form described here)
(our cottonwood trees last spring)
In Colorado, last summer we were in extreme drought:
source
Our cottonwood trees in the back yard required much more water than in previous years. The news for the summer of 2015 may be better. More here.
