Henry Cuyler Bunner Poetry

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The Heart of the Tree

‘The Heart of the Tree’ by Henry Cuyler Bunner describes the long-lasting, civic good one participates in when planting trees in one’s neighborhood. 

What does he plant who plants a tree?

   He plants a friend of sun and sky;

He plants the flag of breezes free;

   The shaft of beauty, towering high;

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