<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477393" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Farewell of a Cottonwood</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Almost for a century<br>A majestic cottonwood tree, <br>Lonely and salutary, <br>Waved its leafy branches to the sky, <br>Adorning the corner where<br>St. Catherine Street <br>And Lansdowne Avenue meet<br>In Montreal. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">This giant old poplar of the city<br>Survived urban growth <br>And the spread of factories.<br>It towered to soothe, not to seethe, <br>Truly a magnificent poem in chlorophyll <br>Which helped the people of Westmount<br>To breathe. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet the tree had been assaulted <br>By the stress of pollution <br>By severe ice storms and draughts, <br>By its advanced age and exfoliation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so on an early summer day<br>You could hear the screech of metal claws, <br>The high-pitched whine<br>Of powerful chainsaws. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poplar<br>With its deeply grooved gray-brown bark<br>Began to tremble.<br>The petioles on the branches looked dark.<br>Their serrated triangular leaves<br>Tried to prance<br>As they danced their last dance<br>Saying farewell to the city<br>And to the world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Hartal">Paul Hartal</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=477393" data-title="Farewell of a Cottonwood de Paul Hartal" data-description="Almost for a century A majestic cottonwood tree, Lonely and salutary, Waved its leafy branches to the sky, Adorning the corner where St. Catherine Street And Lansdowne Avenue meet In Montreal. This giant old poplar of the city Survived urban..."></div> </div> </div>

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