The Talisay tree heralds the Amihan Season

Trees for Peace 

Amihan is here!

 The Talisay tree heralds the Amihan Season 

Dr Abe V Rotor 

Talisay (Terminalia catappa)

You bring the autumn where there is none;

     only monsoon have we, wet and dry;

you lose your crown before the rains come;

     and at harvest time, you weep and cry.

Your ancestors left home eons ago 

     as the continents drifted apart; 

divided by the cold and warm sea 

     surviving them here in this part.   

You carry their genes of four seasons,

     deciduous without winter snow;

emerging with new crown in summer,

     and amihan* is your greatest show.~

*Season of cool winds, Siberian High, October to December