TREES
By Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's 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.

2 Comments:
I didn't make clear, this poem came to mind because it was the time of Tu BiShvat.
The kids wanted to know if he was Jewish/frum. They asked this based on the references to G-d and prayer within the poem. I said that he was just a normal American in his time. Sigh.
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