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Pine plantation, Alwive Pond Preserve, W. Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>I went inland yesterday on my photo prowl. I managed to find a safe place to park at Kennebunk Plains and walked in to Day Brook Pond, and then went around the loop to Alwive Pond Preserve on the other side of the Mousam and walked back through the pine plantations there. After several days of rain and thaw, it is looking rather winter-worn and the trail, where it has been packed by hikers and snowshoers, is pure ice, but the pine plantation was a strange as ever. A poem.<\/p>\n

There are few places stranger than
\nthe pine plantation at Alwive Pond.
\nThe trees all of a kind and all of an
\nage…my age…or a few years younger,
\nplanted in the early 50s to fill in 
\nfor the fires of 47. And today, in 
\na January thaw, the trees stand stark
\nin the filtered light, unnaturally even, 
\nholding high a fragile roof against 
\nthe winter sky. The hush is so profound 
\nit is a presence, behind you, a cowled
\nmultitude, breathing reverence in 
\nperfect rhythm to your breath. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sony Rx10iii in-camera HDR. 24mm equivalent field of view. Processed in Polarr on my iPad Pro for a somewhat high-key effect to bring out the geometry. <\/p>\n

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