April 28, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. The theme for this week is trees in honor of Arbor Day, which is
celebrated today, April 28.
Today’s poem is an Arbor Day poem about the importance of
trees.
I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
A tree is a gigantic hand
That grips the grateful earth,
Holding it together so that
Seeds might find a home.
Else the soil would turn to sand,
The land of little worth
To those whose favored habitat
Depends on fertile loam.
The tree then filters well the rain
And holds the soil in place,
Feeds it with its fallen leaves
And keeps it moist with shade.
No husbandry could be so sane,
No art so full of grace,
No well-wrought words so apt to please,
No love so well repaid.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/atree2.html.
For more poems for Arbor Day, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/arbordaypoems.html
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This week’s theme: Trees
April 24: Find Your Perfect Mentor in a Tree
April 26: A Tree Is like a Frozen Dancer
April 27: All of Us Can Take Our Cue from Trees
April 28: A Tree Is a Gigantic Hand
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