Uploaded on March 17, 2012
The talking oak
To the ancients spoke.
But any tree
Will talk to me.
What truths I know
I garnered so.
But those who want to talk and tell,
And those who will not listeners be,
Will never hear a syllable
From out the lips of any tree.
—Mary Carolyn Davies
Favorite Poems Old and New
edited by Helen Ferris
03.17.2024: I am grateful that my family and I are still surrounded by trees.