“Father When I scratched my knee, Or if I bumped my head. When I was afraid of the dark, Or that thing under my bed. When I cried in the night, Or even in the day. You were there for me, To make it all okay. You tickled my feet, And laughed at all my […]
Month: June 2016
Poem_Ilan Shamir
“Advice from a Tree Dear Friend, Stand Tall and Proud Sink your roots deeply into the Earth Reflect the light of a greater source Think long term Go out on a limb Remember your place among all living beings Embrace with joy the changing seasons For each yields its own abundance The Energy and Birth […]
Poem_Harry Behn
“Trees Trees are the kindest things I know, They do no harm, they simply grow And spread a shade for sleepy cows, And gather birds among their bows. They give us fruit in leaves above, And wood to make our houses of, And leaves to burn on Halloween And in the Spring new buds of […]
Poem_Gabriela Mistral
“Let us go now into the forest. Trees will pass by your face, and I will stop and offer you to them, but they cannot bend down. The night watches over its creatures, except for the pine trees that never change: the old wounded springs that spring blessed gum, eternal afternoons. If they could, the […]
Poem_Faye Gibson
“Tree Friends From childhood days trees are my friends, And may our friendship know not end. When I was small, I knew their ways; I listened to the fairy lays They crooned into the scented air, I’d part the willow’s long, green hair And find a welcome place to stay Till happy hours ate up […]
Poem_Eugene Field
“The Sugar-Plum Tree Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree? ‘T is a marvel of great renown! It blooms on the shore of the Lollipop sea In the garden of Shut-Eye Town; The fruit that it bears is so wondrously sweet (As those who have tasted it say) That good little children have only […]
Poem_Eric Creed
“Leaves of Fall As we sit back and observe the leaves of fall, We can silently, and observantly, ponder it all. How our lives seem to go so fast, And how our years have quickly became the past. When we are young, we hardly understand How fast time goes, how fast the falling sand. But […]
Poem_Emma S. Thomas
“The Class Tree Grow thou and flourish well, Ever the story tell of this glad day; Long may thy branches raise To heaven our grateful praise; Waft then on sunlight rays To God away. Deep in the earth today, Safely the roots we lay, Tree of our love; Grow thou and flourish long! Every our […]
Poem_Edith Phinazee
“Mother Nature Our world is always changing, Constantly rearranging. From ocean depths to mountain peaks, Mother Nature moves and speaks. While telling stories of our past She tries to teach us how to last. Mankind, so smart, sometimes blind Leaves common sense far behind. We’re moving fast and living large, Forgetting Mother Nature’s in charge. […]
Poem_David W1
“Forest Hymn Oh ancient pillars to the sun, Thy willful arms do raise, From shadowed depths of deep disgrace, Thy fingers whisper praise. From streams that deep and dark festoon, And floor in leaves well strewn, Oh lift thy heads, thou ancient ones, To gather morning dew. Well kept thee all the land afar, And […]