``BEAUTY OF TREES``

`SPRINGTIME BRINSS FORTH BEAUTY OF TREES!

~*`BEAUTY OF TREES`*~

TREES by: Joyce Kilmer  (1886-1918)
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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 people like me,
But only God can make a tree.

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*`STRENGTH` OF A TREE: by MJB ©(*2010*)
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I feel your strength like that of a tree,
Strong, deep`rooted and totally free;

Standing on your own never falling low,
Holding up against fierce winds that blow.

Bearing heat under the sunniest time of day,
While giving shade to children at play;

A place of shady rest for the weary of mind,
Holding your arms out for birds to find;
Protection in nesting come spring time.

I feel your battle of all seasons,
For each one created God has His reasons;

Winter preserves water given to the earth,
Spring for thawing living waters of rebirth.

Summer warms the earth with life of lights,
While Autumn's sights glorifies and delights.

But through it all you stand mighty and tall,
Like a tree battling forces that never falls;
I feel your strength whenever a crisis calls.

`BEAUTY OF A TREE`
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© *2010*~`all rights reserved`
`Never Ending Circle Of Love`
`Janie/mjfb1954`
a.k.a.~'MJB'~

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