trees
Country lovers how do you like this
Trees
by Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)*
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
* Columbia College, Class of 1908; Vice President of the Philolexian Society.
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Nice poem Rodger, the tree seems to have it all..xx
Its a beautiful poem Rodger, thanx for sharing.
I always enjoy that one.. Lou