Tree & Me Resources!

A book called My Tree and Me

and A song too!

Here is the TREE VOICE of a poem by Maya Angelou
Here she is reading the whole poem:  On the Pulse of the Morning

Today, the first and last of every Tree  Speaks to humankind. 

Come to me,

here beside the River.

Plant yourself

beside me,

here beside the River....

Here,

root yourselves 

beside me….

I am the Tree

planted by the River,

Which will not be moved...

(This refers to an activist song.

Link here to connect to an old folk song of freedom activism)

Lift up your faces, 

you have a piercing need

For this bright morning 

dawning for you….

Lift up your eyes 

uponThe day 

breaking for you.

Give birth again

To the dream….

Lift up your hearts

Each new hour 

holds new chances

For new beginnings...

The horizon leans forward,

Offering you space to place new steps of change...

Here, on the pulse of this fine day

You may have the courage

To look up and out upon me, the

Rock, the River, the Tree, 

your country….

Here on the pulse of this new day

You may have the grace to look up and out

And into your sister's eyes, into

Your brother's face, your country

And say simply

Very simply

With hope

Good morning.