Sunday, January 9, 2011

Only God can make a Tree

We wait a long, long time for the changing of the leaves on our trees here in Kern County. But it's well worth the wait. Here's a mosaic of the tree in my backyard. I took these photos just a couple of weeks ago. Click on the photo to enlarge.





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.
~Joyce Kilmer, "Trees", 1914

Linking up to Mosaic Monday hosted by Mary at Little Red House.


23 comments:

  1. A thing of beauty is well worth waiting for. What a pretty mosaic!

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  2. A poem is the creation of a human being whereas a tree is the creation of God, so there can be no comparison between the two.

    Lovely poem with rhyme and rythm! The tree in the picture provides a suitable background to the words of the poem.

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  3. First I have to tell you I am Lovin lovin lovin your header!!! How cute and colorful.

    Love the poem -- it is very nice.

    Have a wonderful week and enjoy the beauty around you.

    Claudia

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  4. How beautiful! Our trees here in Florida have looked like 'Fall' these past few weeks, too! Happy Monday! ♥

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  5. Tree leaves changing now? This time of year we don't even know what a tree leaf IS around here!

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  6. Pondside - That fits so perfectly...a thing of beauty is well worth waiting for. Thanks for commenting.

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  7. DUTA - I totally agree with you DUTA, definitely the poet was no fool and I've always enjoyed that poem just as much as I've enjoyed trees and nature.

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  8. Claudia@DipityRoad - Thanks Claudia for the compliment on my header. The little guy does make me smile :-D

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  9. Lavender Dreamer - I guess Florida and California both have to wait a long time for it to look like "Fall"! Thanks for visiting.

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  10. Keetha Broyles - I know...unbelievable that leaves are barely changing here. When everyone else was decorating their home for Fall and carving pumpkins it was still 98 degrees around here!

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  11. What a wonderful poem, thank you for sharing it. Great mosaic. Have a wonderful week.

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  12. One of my favorite poems! Lovely tree and leaves. Beautiful gold!

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  13. Oh Alicia, how beautiful! It looks like a carpet of gold! Love the poem, too. :)

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  14. A Garden of Threads - I'm glad you enjoyed the poem, have a wonderful week as well.

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  15. Mary - It is a carpet of gold. I love seeing leaves on the ground. They didn't last long though because my mom hates seeing leaves :-(

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  16. Beautiful carpet of yellow, which just so happens to be my favorite color. Hope that you enjoyed raking.

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  17. I always loved that poem! And your mosaic is beautiful! Great shots!

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  18. Vee - I'm lucky that my son did all the raking for me that day, but I did go out and rake them up and let my daughters puppy run through them then I would rake them up again. She loved making a mess and it was good exercise for me!

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  19. Braley Mama - Thanks Summur. I hear you had snow?

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  20. Carol - Oops...I went out of order. Thank you so much. It was nice to get outside and take some pictures finally. That actually was a gloriously warm day!

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  21. so pretty. we had a japanese maple too close to the house and my husband wanted to cut it down until she bloomed.

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