Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Taiga

The taiga, a vast forest in

Subarctic northern regions, cold,

Mostly evergreens of thick skin,

And strong roots able to take hold

In the soil, which often does freeze,

With few nutrients therein found,

But enough for evergreen trees

To survive and to hold their ground.

When permafrost in the soil thaws,

Taiga forests can appear drunk,

Leaning in staggered ways, because

Unfreezing ground around has sunk.

So taiga soil does cause to be

Lots of timber to lean tipsy.