Douglas Malloch

Douglas Malloch Poetry

Douglas Malloch was an American poet who also worked as a short-story writer and as an editor. He was commissioned to compose the Michigan State Song and wrote many poems. These include ‘A Man,’ ‘Members Or Masons,’ ‘The Woods,’ and ‘Live Life Today.’

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Good Timber

‘Good Timber’ by Douglas Malloch describes the way that trees of good timber and strong men are formed through hardship and struggle.

The tree that never had to fight

For sun and sky and air and light,

But stood out in the open plain

And always got its share of rain,

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