“Should I bless you that your fruit be sweet? Your fruit is already sweet.
“Should I bless you that your shade be plentiful? Your shade is plentiful.
That a spring of water should run beneath you? A spring of water runs beneath you.
“There is one thing with which I can bless you:
‘May it be God’s will that all the trees planted from your seed should be like you…”
Written by Serdar Ozkan, author of the extraordinary book “The missing rose”.
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So,says a tree...
I occupy so little space on your earth.
I grow up towards the sky.
I give you all shade when you are tired.
I give you fruit to eat.
I give you fresh air to breathe.
I give you wood to make your houses so that you can live safely and happily.
In winters I am happy to burn and keep you warm.
Yet you do not let me live!
Why? I do not know.
By Bhopinder Pal Singh
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‘Trees’ by Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth’s 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.
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