"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky" - Khalil Gibran

                                              Albarrán Cabrera, "The Mouth of Krishna", 2017

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 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.

In memory to Joyce Klimer, American poet, (6 December 1886-1918), known for poetry that celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith.