Nature

Trees

by Amy Lowell 1874–1925

From Pictures of the Floating World (1919): Planes of Personality

Nature

The branches of the trees lie in layers
Above and behind each other,
And the sun strikes on the outstanding leaves
And turns them white,
And they dance like a splatter of pebbles
Against a green wall.
The trees make a solid path leading up in the air.
It looks as though I could walk upon it
If I only had courage to step out of the window.

MLA

Lowell, Amy. “Trees.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/262/.

Chicago

Lowell, Amy. “Trees.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/262/.

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