Bob, Carl Sandburg has a few nice White Pine on his old homeplace too. Of course none are specifically named for him. It is a really nice place for a treehugger!
Any snow your way? James P. On Dec 20, 7:35 am, [email protected] wrote: > 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 Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] Hide > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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]
