Joyce Kilmer, Trees
 
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.
 

Set to Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgBAGJlCcVc

Text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/12744/trees