Poetic tales from deep inside the woodlands

The Tree Council of Ireland has named today as Tree Day. And the theme for this year’s event is ‘If Trees Could Talk’. I was given this anonymous poem by a friend some years ago. It was, apparently, found posted on a tree in a Spanish park.

Thu, 11 Oct, 2012 - 01:00
Denise Hall

I AM A TREE

You who would pass me by

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