Larry,
Did you know that Richard Wilbur is a Massachusetts poet who live not far from Monica and me. I once planned to name a tree for him on the request of others. His tree was to be one of the poets pines on the Bryant Homestead. But someone who knows him and sees him often said that Wilbur wouldn't not want a tree named for him at this point. The poets pines forms a section of the Bryant Pines. We have the following named pines (not all poets): Bryant Pine Robert Frost Pine Emily Dickinson Pine Carl Sandburg Pine John Marshall Pine Ralph Waldo Emerson Pine The pines were hit hard by an ice storm a year ago December. I have been tempted to write a poem about the event and its impact. Not sure I can do justice to such an assignment, but I may still try. BTW, I have visited the Emily Dickinson estate in Amherst several times and measured most of the notable trees there. The Emily Dickinson Tulip Poplar is the most impressive tree. I plan to revisit it later in the winter and remeasure it. I can't recall its girth exactly. I think about 11 feet. Its height is between 125 and 126, or about 3 years ago. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry" <[email protected]> To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 7:45:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: good winter tree poem Jenny, et all, I'm enjoying the poetry, so I thought that I'd post one too! Larry Orchard Trees, January by Richard Wilbur It's not the case, though some might wish it so Who from a window watch the blizzard blow White riot through their branches vague and stark, That they keep snug beneath their pelted bark. They take affliction in until it jells To crystal ice between their frozen cells, And each of them is inwardly a vault Of jewels rigorous and free of fault, Unglimpsed until in May it gently bears A sudden crop of green-pronged solitaires. -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
