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ME, THE TREE

Mark Schroettner

If I was a tree
I will bloom like any other tree
I will bare fruit to all for free
Food for all
Minding my selfish ways.

I can be a home for all living beings
I can be protection against any storm
No matter what it is
Many of my kind can clean and purify the air
You will breathe much better with the pair
Oh precious air!
Can we sustain life without clean air?

I can try to satisfy all your needs
Will I be appreciated for doing your deeds?
You cut us down and forget about them and me
Do you know that I am a living tree?

About this poem

This was written 04/17/1983. This was published in the anthology Today's Great Poems and Copyright 1994 by The Famous Poets Society, Immortal Verses and Copyright 2006 by The International Library of Poetry. Copyright 2023 by sweetslimited

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Written on April 17, 1983

Submitted by markanthonyschroettner on December 19, 2023

Modified by markanthonyschroettner on December 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAXX XXXBBBB CCAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 525
Words 117
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 4
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