City Trees

by


City Trees was published in Millay's poetry collection, Second April (1921).
City Trees
Beatrice Murch, Ugarteche Street, Palermo, Buenos Aires, 2008

     The trees along this city street,
       Save for the traffic and the trains,
     Would make a sound as thin and sweet
       As trees in country lanes.

     And people standing in their shade
       Out of a shower, undoubtedly
     Would hear such music as is made
       Upon a country tree.

     Oh, little leaves that are so dumb
       Against the shrieking city air,
     I watch you when the wind has come,—
       I know what sound is there.


City Trees was featured as The Short Story of the Day on Mon, Jun 07, 2021

You may also enjoy Trees by Joyce Kilmer and Robert Frost's The Sound of Trees.


6.7

facebook share button twitter share button reddit share button share on pinterest pinterest


Add City Trees to your library.

Return to the Edna St. Vincent Millay library , or . . . Read the next poem; Daphne

Or read more short stories for kids in our Children's Library

© 2022 AmericanLiterature.com