The Joshua Tree

The Joshua Tree is an odd-looking plant,
not sure if it's even from earth,
with spiny long leaves and its multiple trunks,
deserted and hot in its berth.

You won't find a Joshua lurking within
home nurseries, gardens or lawns,
they'd rather have desert's familiar terrain,
preferring their dry lonely dawns.

A Joshua forest, misnomer at best,
is hardly a thicket of trees,
instead it's a scattered primeval cartel
that barely encumbers the breeze.


Poem and Photo- Copyright © 2008 by Jack Huber-
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