Joyce Kilmer. 1886–1918

Trees

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

Don’t be such a douche. Despite what you and Deb might want to believe, the trees at Toomer’s Corner were never rolled when Bryant died. That lie has been told so many times people believe it to be true.

Also, @ rajuncajun28 – Not funny, poorly spelled and not funny.

Destroying the oaks at Toomer’s Corner was petty and perverse. It’s shameful, no matter who did this. But please get your facts straight before you accuse Auburn of celebrating the Bear’s death! I don’t think I ever remember a sadder day while I was a student at Auburn.

You are probably right about that…….I find that those are usually the worst fans (at any school).

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I agree. I have a BA and MA from Alabama, and I have been a huge Tide fan all my life, but even my passion pales in comparison to some of those who are fans of ‘Bama or Auburn but have never darkened the door of a classroom at either place. They seem to think that they’re NFL-esque programs that just happen to have a university attached for some odd reason, as opposed to institutions of higher learning that have football programs as part of their extracurricular activites. Such folks need to get a grip, get a life, or get lost.

dcroz: some great points, hopefully as you have toned in your posting, some sound heads will prevail and those who know the moron who did this will turn him in.

To good Alabama fans: Just a suggestion: a group of fair minded loyal Bama fans and/or alums could contact Auburn and offer to dig up the venerable trees and the dirt around them as far as is needed, replace the dirt and the trees with at least something akin, though not as large or venerable. Certainly, a magnanimous offer such as this would bring some healing and probably forestall the retaliation which likely is to come at some point in the future (as noaxetogrind) as posted. This is a sad episode and needs to be rectified some kind of way.

some bama fans try to claim that it happened, but they also try to claim that they’ve won 13 NCs (they’ve won 8).

I know they have a livestream of the corner that broadcasts 24 hours a day, but I don’t know if it is recorded.

1) You can easily cut a jersey off a statue; I don’t think the permanent destruction of two massive trees can be considered a proportional response.

2) The celebration of Bear’s passing was TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, and it only proves that Auburn has its share of moronic fans, too, NOT that’s it’s OK to behave as badly (if not worse).

At a time when the State of Alabama should be celebrating the unprecedented (and extremely unlikely to ever be repeated) feat of having its two major schools win back-to-back BCS titles– with back-to-back 14-0 seasons and back-to-back Heisman winners–it now has to face the embarassment of this idiot doing something so incredibly stupid and bringing up the “rubes and rednecks” slogan once again.

Then I realized that if I destroyed his F ing Magnolias I could end up in jail. So, as much as it is tempting, I decided that poisoning his trees would be really, really stupid.

Not only could I go to jail, but he would have to retaliate.

This could get messy.