Arbor Day Poems
Even Trees Awake to a Breakfast of Light
A number poem for Arbor Day imagining the inner life of trees. © by Nicholas Gordon. Video and Audio Music: Allégro. By Emmit Fenn. Music free to use at YouTube.
For Someone Who Devotes His Life to Trees
A number poem for a ranger in a National Park that preserves trees: For someone who devotes his life to trees, Of whom it may be said he does much good, Rejoicing in the natural harmonies That come from land with no one else to please, Yielding grace ins
As You Hike Through Public Land
A poem for Arbor Day about the value of uncut trees: As you hike through public land Reserved for public good, Be aware that public air Outbids the price of wood. Remember life is brief, is fragile, Dangling in a breeze, As you breathe in oxygen You owe