Wednesday, May 6, 2009

I think that I shall never see...

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


My most favorite tree in my yard. It's not quite as full as
it will be, but it's still beautiful.

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful!!
    The blossoms are gorgeous.
    Thanks for sharing that.

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  2. Beautiful images and poem! Thanks so much for sharing them.

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  3. I LOVE THIS POEM and your tree...i have 3 dogwoods, 2 white and 1 pink...thank you for sharing such a moving post...

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  4. What a lovely dogwood! Thank you for sharing!

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  5. My mom's favorite tree. I can finally recognize it. I saw this beautiful photo of yours and thought, now is that a dogwood? So it felt good to be right!

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  6. What a beautiful poem! Love the dogwoods, I have a pink one and a white one.

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  7. We saved these as little sticks over twenty years ago when we were clearing the spot for our home.
    I love thes guys. Now the lilacs are blooming, I wish we would have planted more shrubbery, but there's a reason we didn't. Geary does most of the mowing and weedwacking and he'd rather mow the
    15 acres that wack!

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