Howard Nemerov (29 February 1920 – 5 July 1991 / New York City, New York)

poet Howard Nemerov
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Learning the Trees

Before you can learn the trees, you have to learn
The language of the trees. That's done indoors,
Out of a book, which now you think of it
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