Among the Trees

Among the Trees is a chapbook of poems and photographs focusing primarily on the Southeastern region of Oklahoma. The poems and pictures highlight the region's 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