Poem_Blanch Willis Howard

“The Popular Poplar Tree

When the great wind sets things whirling
And rattles the window panes,
And blows the dust in giants
And dragons tossing their manes;
When the willows have waves like water,
And children are shouting with glee;
When the pines are alive and the larches –
Then hurrah for you and me,
In the tip o’ the top o’ the top o’ the tip of
the popular poplar tree!

Don’t talk about Jack and the Beanstalk –
He did not climb half so high!
And Alice in all her travels
Was never so near the sky!
Only the swallow, a-skimming
The storm-cloud over the lea,
Knows how it feels to be flying –
When the gusts come strong and free –
In the tip o’ the top o’ the top o’ the tip of
the popular poplar tree!

By Blanch Willis Howard”