A lonely cedar
Perches regally on high
Pride before a fall?
Note: I use the word “cedar” here (seems more poetic), but this is actually a Utah juniper, Juniperus osteosperma.
Eilene Lyon
Author, Speaker, Family Historian
A lonely cedar
Perches regally on high
Pride before a fall?
Note: I use the word “cedar” here (seems more poetic), but this is actually a Utah juniper, Juniperus osteosperma.
Eilene Lyon 
Nicely done!
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I love your haiku and photo. You made the right choice to substitute “cedar” for “Juniperus osteosperma!”
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Fewer syllables is better for haiku, that’s for sure.🙂
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I agree!
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😊
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It’s funny because I looked at the tree and thought… hmmm… different type of cedar? Wonderful haiku!
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Lots of people around here do call it cedar (especially firewood vendors), because it is in that family and the wood substantially the same. And the little bugs they attract in some places (not here fortunately) are called cedar gnats.
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Well there ya go!
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😊👍
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