Shel Silverstein was a great poet. At 62, I still cannot read “The Giving Tree” without tearing up. I miss him. But, I find solace in his books and his songs.
It is a good thing indeedWhen someone plants a seedAnd to watch and help it growSo someday, it to be a tree.It is a good thing in truthWhen a tree brings forth its fruitOr to shade someone’s headOr its branch be a robins nest.It is good when a tree is usedBy nature, or by me or youTo protect or shelter livesFor a tree; it never dies.A tree is someone’s homeA tree is someone’s good bookA tree is never alone, For to know a tree, all you do; is look.It is good to plant a treeIt is good to plant a seedFor someday it will be grownAnd a tree, will be known.
I always wondered, how are the top ten chosen? Do we vote? Or Gary, do you get feedback, other than these comments? I occasionally cut one out and send it to somebody I think will appreciate it, but how do you know?It’s a mystery! ;^)
Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
“Sorry to interrupt, Mama,” says the girl, “but what kind of tree was the Giving Tree? A maple, an oak, a fir, a cedar, what?”
Caldonia almost 10 years ago
That book did nothing for a young me. That poor tree!
ladykat almost 10 years ago
I am really looking forward to reading to my great-granddaughter. I need to start looking for some Dr. Seuss books.
janisil almost 10 years ago
check out the book called “the book with no pictures” Reader has to do what book says, great for preschoolers
Perkycat almost 10 years ago
Love this comic – so true!
ColonelClaus almost 10 years ago
Shel Silverstein was a great poet. At 62, I still cannot read “The Giving Tree” without tearing up. I miss him. But, I find solace in his books and his songs.
neverenoughgold almost 10 years ago
It is a good thing indeedWhen someone plants a seedAnd to watch and help it growSo someday, it to be a tree.It is a good thing in truthWhen a tree brings forth its fruitOr to shade someone’s headOr its branch be a robins nest.It is good when a tree is usedBy nature, or by me or youTo protect or shelter livesFor a tree; it never dies.A tree is someone’s homeA tree is someone’s good bookA tree is never alone, For to know a tree, all you do; is look.It is good to plant a treeIt is good to plant a seedFor someday it will be grownAnd a tree, will be known.
Randy L. McClave
LuvThemPluggers almost 10 years ago
I always wondered, how are the top ten chosen? Do we vote? Or Gary, do you get feedback, other than these comments? I occasionally cut one out and send it to somebody I think will appreciate it, but how do you know?It’s a mystery! ;^)
Daviddeer almost 10 years ago
There once was a tree then it was cut down and made into this book. The End.