Don’t you dare climb that tree
or even try, they said, or you will be
sent away to the hospital of the
very foolish, if not the other one.
And I suppose, considering my age,
it was fair advice.
But the tree is a sister to me,
she lives alone in a green cottage
high in the air and I know what would
happen, she’d clap her green hands,
she’d shake her green hair,
she’d welcome me. Truly
I try to be good but sometimes
a person just has to break out and
act like the wild and springy thing
one used to be. It’s impossible not
to remember wild and want it back. So
if someday you can’t find me you might
look into that tree or – of course
it’s possible – under it.
Mary Oliver
The Pink Peach Tree Van Gogh
Peach Trees in Blossom Van Gogh
Apple Tree in Blossom Van Gogh
Apple Trees on Chantemesie Hill Claude Monet
Tree of Life Gustav Klint
Palms John Singer Sargent
Sunlight Effect Under the Poplars Claude Monet
Four Trees Egon Schlele
The Olive Grove John Singer Sargent
The Poplars Claude Monet
Avenue with Flowering Chestnut Trees Vincent Van Gogh
Trunks in the Grass Vincent Van Gogh
The Pink Orchard Vincent Van Gogh
FLOWERING PLUM TREE CAMILLE PISSARRO
PLUMS BLOSSOM CLAUDE MONET
Orchard in Bloom Claude Monet
The Olive Grove Vincent Van Gogh
Branches With Almond Blossom Van Gogh
Orchard in Blossom Vincent Van Gogh
Pine Trees Against a Red Sky With Setting Sun
The Olive Grove William Merritt Chase
Beech Trees Steele
Olive Trees Van Gogh
The Tree House Klee
Walking Next To The River Fernando Botero
Willow Tree
Apple Tree With Red Fruit Paul-ElieRanson
Blossoming Pear Tree Van Gogh
Apple Trees in Bloom at Giverny Monet
In the Woods Cezanne
Mulberry Tree Van Gogh
Cypresses Van Gogh
Red Tree Mondrian
Birch Forest Klimt
Beech Forest Klimt
Apple Tree Mondrian
Apple Tree Gustav Klimt
Joy of Life Matisse
A Palm Tree Monet
Apricot Trees In Blossom Van Gogh
