little tree.......

(1961)

LITTLE TREE (1920) by e.e. Cummings

little tree ...little silent Christmas tree,
you are so little, you are more like a flower.

 who found you in the green forest, and were you very sorry to come away?  see I will comfort you because you smell so sweetly

 I will kiss your cool bark and hug you safe and tight,
just as your mother would, only don't be afraid

 look the spangles that sleep all year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine, the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,

 put up your little arms and I'll give them all to you to hold.

 every finger shall have its ring,

 and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy

 Then when you're quite dressed

 You'll stand in the window

 For everyone to see

 And how they'll stare!

 Oh but you'll be very proud

 And my little sister and I

 will take hands..........

 And looking up at our beautiful tree

 We'll dance and sing

 Noel Noel!

 Photographs 2019 e.e. Cummings (1894-1962)American poet, artist. author, and playwright. He wrote about 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and several essays.