Trees have always seemed to capture the imagination of poets, whether because of their majestic stature, their seeming immortality, or simply the sense of stillness that they inspire. The visual structure they bring to our landscape in their varying heights and colors, and their pageantry of the seasons—stark winter branches, vivid leaves at birth and death—make it easy to see why trees have stood so powerfully in the minds of artists.
For the poets in this collection, trees are a source of inspiration. Their musings give us much to contemplate.
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Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.
Nigel Planer is an English actor, comedian, novelist, playwright, and voiceover artist. He has narrated countless audiobooks and, in this capacity, is best known as all the voices of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Nigel has appeared in many West End musicals, including Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock You, Wicked, and Hairspray, and has played various roles on screen and on television. His audiobook narration has won him two Earphones Awards.