Raw Hide

Gnarled, twisted, mean;
Deep in the forest, reaching
Out, ev'ry which way.

I like how this dramatically twisting tree in Delapre Park contrasts so darkly with the manicured smoothness of the golf course just yards away.

The tree is set in the grounds of the abbey of St Mary de la Pré  founded 1145, an English country house & former monastery (of nuns) in south Northamptonshire.