I Think That I Will Never See

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 bosoms snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems were made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree.

­Joyce Kilmer     1886 - 1918