Stripped in my winter

Stripped in my winter

The summer leaves fall from the trees. The branches stark and naked against a grey sky, Yet one day the sap will rise again. You, Lord, will send the Spirit Rushing through our veins, And there will be flowers and fruit And shade on a summer’s day.   Ian Bunting...
Newspapers?

Newspapers?

Why do we buy a newspaper For it’s plain for us to see The pulp that it is made of Was better as a tree.   George Knowles (1937- ), Pit to Priest, 2007.
A billboard lovely as a tree?

A billboard lovely as a tree?

I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all. Ogden Nash (1902 – 71), Song of the Open Road, 1933.