Hawthorn
for Tim Hawthorn , 1st Chaired Bard of Ynys Witrin, on his 50th birthday - and of course, for hawthorns everywhere. - A hem, a haw That guards the door: You are the wood-ward of all borders Stood red-berried at the edge Between silence and speech The garden and the wild; This world and the next. - The Glastonbury Thorn has been shortlisted for The Woodland Trust's ' Tree of the Year ' - you can vote for it here .