Read this beautiful
little poem in the book ‘Bonsai for the Tropics’ by Jyoti Pandya. The poet is
unknown, but the poem is really worth sharing. Enjoy reading this!
A Tribute to the Tree
(Anonymous)
Let us pause for the taking of inventory,
To measure the debt we owe the tree.
To measure the debt we owe the tree.
For the searching root that knits the soil,
The cooling shade for those who toil.
The cooling shade for those who toil.
The air we breathe, nature’s greatest gift,
And the leaf that heralds each season’s shift.
And the leaf that heralds each season’s shift.
Forget not the fruit that feeds man and beast,
The branch that burns to prepare the feast.
The branch that burns to prepare the feast.
That sturdy frame that builds the home,
And the paper on which you read this poem.
And the paper on which you read this poem.
The tree gives all and asks no prize,
Even making the axe that ends its life.
Even making the axe that ends its life.
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