Our World
The trees are the divine assembly,
our sentinels, our mothers, too,
their leaves our life and heartbeat,
the juncos, grey and creamy white,
with their perky hops and flits
bring us each year the chilly North,
and the robins who remain
despite the autumn frost
are summertime and spring,
the ground beneath our feet,
the earth, our deep connection,
reminds us we stand upon one Earth,
and the rocks,
rocks we thought so solid,
but that can so surely crumble,
are the world,
the world around us,
the world in which we live.
Katy Z Allen is a lover of the more-than-human world, poet, retired rabbi of an outdoor congregation, former healthcare chaplain, co-founder of a Jewish climate organization, and eco-chaplain. She has been writing in one context or another all her life. Her poetry has appeared in online publications and in the 2025 Art on the Trails: Number 9 poetry and art book. Her book, A Tree of Life: A Story in Word, Image, and Text was published by Strong Voices Publishing. Her work can be found online at www.katyzallen.com.
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