Among the Trees: Poems and Photographs

Among the Trees is a chapbook of poems and photographs focusing primarily on the Southeastern region of Oklahoma. The poems and pictures highlight the regions natural beauty history and culture providing readers a chance to experience the area through the eyes of lifelong resident Cullen Whisenhunt who turns his observations into a contemplation on the intersection of identity and place. But when the lowest boughs are penetrated they reveal not a single tree but a copse of cedars grown so close so intimate their branches strip each other vulnerable--from the title poem