Old Man Winter's plot

— Photo by Raitisfreimanis

“Father Time rusts, usurped.

Clockwork mustache crusted with frost

By Old Man Winter’s avengement plot.

Pitch pines draped and scrub oaks well dusted….’’i

— From “Hush,’’ by Linda Ohlson Graham, a poet who lives in Provincetown, on outer Cape Cod, where pitch pines and scrub oaks are among the most common trees because of the sandy soil.

Pitch pine cone and needles

— Photo by Crusier