Bruce Shanks (1908-1980)

[inscription reads] " sparrows fluttering along road as tho (sic) windblown are transparent winged. / A Tulip-tree is studded with bright yellow stars. Yellow-studded tulip tree. Yellow-starred tulip. The other leaves are fresh & green. / Noticing how a noble row of poplars were becoming yellow leaved, I thought they were changing for autumn. Twinkling yellow against the sky. The morning breeze sent a wave of yellow twinkles against the dappled sun-barred east. Almost instantly I saw that other poplars were unchanged, and then "