Big Basin's burning.
300 acres, north-east.
Fire season begins.
Until November
The forests burn like tinder.
The trees that I love.
No! Not Howard King.
Not China Grade, Buzzard's Roost.
Not Trail Beautiful.
Ventana, big fire.
Walking through next year's forest.
A graveyard of trees.
Ecosystems needs fire.
From death, life begats more life.
New sequoias sprout.
Redwood Mountain Grove.
10 years after the big fire.
Thick with baby trees.
Copyright © 16 August 1996 by
Heather Madrone. All rights reserved.