Max, Thanks for posting this lovely Ogden Nash poem. I had forgotten this! And so very apt for our times even more than 70 years later and across continents!! Janaki Turaga
On 11/17/09, MAX OVERTON <[email protected]> wrote: > > Then there is Ogden Nash, in response to the billboards lining so many > roads these days... > > *I think that I shall never see > A billboard lovely as a tree. > Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, > I'll never see a tree at all.* > > *~Ogden Nash, "Song of the Open Road," 1933* > > > > > Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overton http://www.maxoverton.com > > The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in > Babylon) - EPPIE winners 2005 and 2006; The Glass House Trilogy (Glass > House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass) - Eppie finalists; A Cry of Shadows, > The Devil is in the Details, Trapdoor, Tapestry, Scarab - Akhenaten (Book > 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2 of the Amarnan Kings), > Scarab - Tutankhamen (Book 3 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Ay (Book 4 of > the Amarnan Kings), Rakshasa, Glass Continuum, Ascension > Works in Progress: Djinn, Scarab - Horemheb (Book 5 of the Amarnan Kings), > Sequestered > > > Also check out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:04:39 +0530 > Subject: [indiantreepix:23196] Trees > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Trees > > *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* > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
