A rare surviving American elm in western Massachusetts. Most of these trees were killed by Dutch Elm Disease in the mid 20th Century.
"Never again
when the heat overwhelms us
cool elms
The elm leaves shrivel on the twig
and the sun beats through and our time is big
with a lidless time that knows no dark,
no shadow where the heart can see...''
-- From "Long Hot Summer,'' by the late Archibald MacLeish. He lived in Conway, Mass.
