Tree of Knowledge by Victoria Chang NPF19 with a biographical and critical

with a biographical and critical introduction

"'Just how immediate can a poem be

and how their wild lives intersect with our own

left behind by the fatalities of war

about violent storms

Tree of Knowledge by Victoria Chang NPF19 with a biographical and criticalPublished 9th July 2026 A poet watches the limbs of a eucalyptus tree get sawed off: the image persists, recurring across poems of art, language, selfhood, memory, and loss. Joan Mitchell said, When I talk about love, I mean loving a tree. When I talk about love, I mean loving where a tree used to be. Men assess the eucalyptus tree growing on the poet's street; a crane arrives. The sound of a chainsaw rings in the air and branches begin to fall. This