Remember This One?

[cabinetman]

One of my favorites:

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Trees

I think that I shall never see
A poem 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 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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[Perfidiajoe]

Yes! Back in the '50s the Spaniels (Of "Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite") put that to music.

[Anna]

"As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on." - Woody Allen