So Much Lovelier Than Any Tree
I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree*
although the poem you wrote for me
celebrating the anniversary
of my sixtieth year
oh how I wish I could hear
your voice as you read it out loud
You had never written a poem before
so proud was I as I gazed in awe
Your words I will write
and to my delight
I picture your face
and those twinkling blue eyes
as my poetry brings your words alive…
“In ’47 full of grace
A child was born with a freckly face
Lovely red hair and a smile so sweet
She swept all who saw her off their feet
The smile is still there ~ so is the grace
The charm ~ the fun ~ and the freckly face
One thing is missing ~ that lovely red hair
It has grown out naturally and is now strawberry fair
You would never know she’s an OAP
Looking so lovely as all can see
So this special day ~ sixty years on
time to celebrate with champagne and song!
And now in tears
looking back at those years
how fast that time has gone
when you wrote for me your poetry
then nine months on
and you had gone…
I hear your voice read out to me
words of love in your poetry
those special words from you to me
are so much lovelier than any tree…
Written 8th February 2020
Reference to: ‘I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree’ by Joyce Kilmer*
Contest Name Famous poetic lines 2
Sponsor Silent One
2nd Place
Contest Strand Select H
Sponsor Brian Strand
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