Will, It really is terrible to lose a tree that has been in one's yard for decades. My Dad hasn't taken care of 2 unstable but healthy spruces (medium height - if that makes any sense!) in his yard (where I grew up) and they recently toppled over. It's not a nice thing. Luckily I think the eastern white pines are indestructible.
I like poems about trees. Wish I could write some. Thank you for posting the lovely poem. Jenny On May 24, 12:22 pm, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > This is a poem written by one of my clients the weekend before I cut it > down. He gave me permission to share it with you. The tree was highly > decayed and threatened to crush their old farm house. I took photos before > and after the takedown. Ring count was 68 years and lasered height 82'. > > Thanks to a Poplar Tree > > Through rain, wind, snow, drought and heat > > For over six decades you have put down your roots > > To draw nutrients and moisture from the soil around you. > > In return you have provided > > Nesting branches and a playground for squirrels: > > A food supply for woodpeckers and other feathered friends; > > A limb to hang a bird feeder upon; > > Blossoms each spring filled with nectar and pollen for honeybees; > > Dry leaves in fall for compost for the garden; > > Twigs for starting fires in stoves and fireplaces; > > An anchor spot for a hammock; > > An ear to hear children romp and play; > > Adults rant and pray; > > Space for wildlife to roam under, over and through your branches; > > Abundant shade for the farm house and its inhabitants; and > > A host for disease to eat at your core. > > And now the arborist art > > Clips your wings and puts the blade to your trunk. > > As you fall to the earth, you continue giving. > > Your small limbs go through a shredder to > > Make mulch for the fruit trees and berries; and > > Your stronger limbs and trunk are cut into firewood to > > Provide warmth in the Swan Mountain houses. > > Some smaller limbs will host Oyster mushrooms. > > We give thanks for your stately role as > > A steady sentinel on this farm, > > For your gifts to the plants, animals, and > > Human community around you, and > > For your stately beauty consistently > > Offering your gifts, inner and outer. > > We shall miss you, knowing you have been > > Our friend and helper, and that your > > Wise guidance will be an inspiration to > > The small poplar tree now growing neath > > Your wide arms of giving. > > We are reminded on a Bible verse in I Peter 4:10 which says: > > "Whatever gifts you may have received, > > Use them in service to one another, > > Like good stewards dispensing > > The grace of God > > In its varied forms." > > You have used your gifts to serve and help us > > Learn from your example. > > Swan Mountain Farm, Spring 2009 > > image001.jpg > 180KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
