
Aspen trees in Roosevelt National Forest, Larimer County, Colorado
photo: Joyce E. Johnson
There stands a forest
Below snow-covered peaks where
A grove of Aspen,
Autumn’s golden shades
Grows beating nature’s fury
Undaunted and strong;
Mere flecks of yellow
In a mass of tall pine trees
Like a flower show.
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Joyce E. Johnson (2013)