The Best Time To Plant A Tree Poem by Trina Graves
The Best Time To Plant A Tree
The best time to plant a tree
Is twenty years ago
To give it the essential time
To develop, bloom and grow
Of course, this isn't relevant
If you are still a youth
But, I'm sure you can see
This plain and simple truth
Trees are vital to our life
Here on this planet Earth
But do we really appreciate
Our trees, for all their worth?
Some say, if trees gave wi-fi
We would all be planting more
Instead, they give us oxygen
Life's breath, crucial to our core
Trees sustain our life
We're inherently entwined
Why do we chop them down
When other sources we can find?
Every child would benefit from
Planting a tree when they are small
Gaining more than just ‘green fingers'
Through the years as both grow tall
So, if you have not planted a tree
Years ago for time to allow
It's growth and needed life-force
The second best time is NOW
The best time to plant a tree Is twenty years ago ...... This implies to let younger generation to develop and grow as well. Lovely grand children! Thanks for sharing.
A nice poetic imagination, Trina. A very sincere write. Trees are really our best friends who breath with our breath. Thank you very much,
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I would like to translate this poem
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Simple and clear message. Trees are essential to our lives, they give us oxygen. I have always believed that they hold a certain magic solution to our lives problems. Who knows, they could be giving free Wi-Fi but perhaps we are too blind to connect to the hot spot. Structurally, I believe the quatrain captures the advocacy well.Also, the rhyme scheme 'abab' gives it a flowing tone and assigns a certain form of regularity not only to the poem's rhythm, but to mother nature as well.