If I Were a Tree
by Norma Martiri
What would I do if I were a tree?
I’d regard life in the surrounds.
Mankind would live within nature’s law,
Respecting the natural compounds.
What would I do if I were a tree?
Regenerate earth’s atmospheres.
Mankind would inhale nature’s fresh breath,
Across the world’s vast hemispheres.
What would I be if I were a tree?
Majestic and free as I grew.
Mankind would be left to live and grow,
And the earth as one would renew.
What would I see if I were a tree?
I’d see beauty in life around.
Mankind would see the beauty in me,
In harmony life would abound.
Copyright ©: 2011 Norma Martiri
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Parallel Lies by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Lover’s Gifts IV: She Is Near to My Heart by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Gardener LXXXIII: She Dwelt on the Hillside by Rabindranath Tagore
- Friday’s Child by W H Auden
- Ghazal to Pera Belle by Serkan Engin
- Poppies on Ludlow Castle by Willa Cather
- Lifetime Of Death by Steve Sant
- An Ode to the Queen by William Topaz McGonagall
- Story Of Lilavanti
- To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor by Phillis Wheatley
- Psalm 83 poem – John Milton poems
- Otho The Great – Act III poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Корнилов – Арена
- Ольга Берггольц – Беатриче (строгая любовь)
- Федор Сологуб – Лежу и дышу осторожно
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
