<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367051" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Death Of The Trees</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My town is a place where<br>The rich tourists come, <br>With mountains and rivers<br>That glint in the sun! <br>Luxuriant beaches<br>Of ivory sand, <br>But all the jade forests<br>Now no longer stand! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">There once were lush jungles<br>That grew dense and tall, <br>But woodcutters came when<br>The town was still small...<br>They hacked all the trees down<br>And shipped them away, <br>In huge merchant vessels<br>That sailed to the bay! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They went back to Europe<br>With precious hard woods, <br>Sold it as furniture<br>And other fine goods...<br>I wish I could travel<br>In time to the day<br>Before people cleared all<br>The forests away! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wish I had seen them<br>Before settlers came, <br>The mountains and rivers<br>May still be the same...<br>Iron, Yellow, Black Wood<br>And most of all trees, <br>Don't sway any more in<br>The fresh coastal breeze... </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">This poetry is an adapted poem for<br>Lisa La Grange, her copyright,2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367051" data-title="Death Of The Trees de Denis Martindale" data-description="My town is a place where The rich tourists come, With mountains and rivers That glint in the sun! Luxuriant beaches Of ivory sand, But all the jade forests Now no longer stand! There once were lush jungles That grew dense and tall, But woodc..."></div> </div> </div>

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