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Friday 6 December 2013

Listen to the trees


I have admired this poem for many years and thought I would post it here for posterity.

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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.
- Joyce Kilmer

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4 comments:

  1. Maree, my mom used to sing this.....sweet, sweet memories for me!! Thanks for sharing a beautiful post!

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    1. My pleasure Liz. I know we both love this poem, now it's here to come back to time and time again!

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  2. Don't know why really but this brought to mind the silly short song I heard recently on the Goon Show:
    'I talk to the trees
    That's why they put me away.'
    It always makes me smile when I remember that ;)

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    1. Ha ha ha! That IS probably what will happen if somebody catches you in the process! And besides which' "♪ ♪ ♪ ♫♫♫♫ they don't listen to me!♪ ♪ ♪ ♫♫♫♫" as the song goes!

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