But Only God Can Make a Tree

Alligator Juniper Silhouette - Mogollon Rim, Arizona 

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. 

                              

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