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Karen E Sandberg's avatar

I love the gentle rhyming in this gentle poem.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Karen

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Kathleen Hobbs's avatar

I read this out loud and loved the flow of your words. And so happy for the little tree.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Kathleen, I love the thought of you reading it out loud — a particular honor

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Melanie Bettinelli's avatar

What a lovely sonnet-- lovely sound play. I don't think I've ever seen one end in three rhyming couplets like that.

Wonderful they were able to save the tree, I've never heard of that kind of clamping.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Thank you, Melanie

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John Martin's avatar

I liked the volta. But the last two words of the poem I found somewhat bathetic. Couldn't you have found something a little less lame? 'It's a pity to spoil the ship for a pen'orth of tar.'

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

I’ll try to suck less in the future.

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