WHEN FORESTS DREAM: A verdured fantasy

	What do forests dream of at night?

	Do they imagine the stars above them?
	Or do they dream of the strange creatures 
	beneath their boughs? 

	Perhaps they fantasize about seeds 
	that ripen in their branches,
	or what their ancestors dreamed of.

	Perhaps they have nightmares 
	about chainsaws and bulldozers
	that change their entire existence 
	into rubbish and lumber or charcoal. 

	Do they even feel pity the blind people 
	who operate such machines? 

	If we listened to the voice of the forest 
	more carefully would our lives be different?


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from Celebrations ah Song: Rejoicing Through Art, Poetry & Narratives with T Newfields
SUMMARY: A contemplation of forests and alternative realities.
KEYWORDS: forests, dreams, nature spirits, hearing nature, non-human experience

Author:  T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) 
Begun:   2001 in Nagoya, Japan ✶ Finished: 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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ESPAÑOL   https://www.tnewfields.info/es/bosques-s.htm
NIHONGO   https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/mori-yume.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN  https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/zuomeng.htm