haiku: br br canopy br leaves dance br with lights br br br poem: haiku quest - Dancing in Top Forms. br br alluvial spreads br their fragrance br and colour br with the rain. br the river so clear br begins pouring br coffee out to sea. br the woody smell - br musk minus the br warm musculine trappings - br trail the paths, br as the trees br tickle visitors br with intermittent br cold droppings br from their leaves. br the fertile loose br alluvial trapped br in a cycle game, br from wood to fertiliser br and to wood again br feed millions br round the world. br just below the trees br if you rest and br watch upward, br you cannot help br entertained br by the dances between br the leaves and lights. br in top forms, the woods br reprise their cyclic dance br that sustains the world br over and over. br so much we owe to the woods br and soil, and the br mixture of soil and wood br since the dawn of light.