"[little tree]" by E. E. Cummings

[View this email on a browser]( [Forward to a friend]( [facebook-icon]( [tumblr-icon]( [twitter-icon]( December 25, 2018 [little tree]( [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 the 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” [Like this on Facebook]( [Share via Twitter]( This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem “[little tree]” was published in The Dial in 1920. [E. E. Cummings]( E. E. Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1894. His poetry collections include No Thanks (The Golden Eagle Press, 1935), W(ViVa) (Liveright, 1931), and Tulips and Chimneys (T. Seltzer, 1923), among others. He died on September 3, 1962, in North Conway, New Hampshire. [more-at-poets]( [No Thanks]( Poetry by Cummings [No Thanks]( (Liveright Publishing, 1998) "Carol" by Ishion Hutchinson [read-more]( "The 26th of December" by Galway Kinnell [read-more]( "Recollections of My Christmas Tree" by Mary Ruefle [read-more]( Our Gift to You This holiday, enjoy these [twelve mini-anthologies of Poem-a-Day]( by each month’s guest editor in 2018. [make a one-time donation]( [make a monthly donation]( [Small-Blue-RGB-poets.org-Logo]( Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit [Poets.org](. You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click [here](. © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038