Social Commentaries
Arbor Day
From Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
Social Commentaries
Hasten, children, black and white--
Celebrate the yearly rite.
Every pupil plant a tree:
It will grow some day to be
Big and strong enough to bear
A School Director hanging there.
Cite this poem
MLA
Bierce, Ambrose. “Arbor Day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/144/.
Chicago
Bierce, Ambrose. “Arbor Day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/144/.
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