trees
by Joyce Kilmer  


Trees

I think that I shall never see  
A poem as 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.

by Joyce Kilmer
















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