Sunday, July 1, 2012

Trees



I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
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 blossom snow has lain
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems were made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree.

-- Joyce Kilmer