Here are a few of our poems inspired by the live oak
trees we have seen all over Sapelo Island:
The live oak
Is big
Long
Hairy
And old
A lot of features
Good to look at
Makes me
Think about life
Feeling free
That is why
It is Georgia’s tree
-Shem Nduwimana
Live oaks live a long time
They just keep growing
I have grown in a lot of
ways
I have become more
Independent
Confident
And more mature
You can see that by
The way I talk and walk
I am growing up
Reading to take on the
world
I hope that one day
I will leave my mark
On this world
In a good way
So that I can live on
Just like the live oak
- Teresa Dominguez
Live oaks are tall
Like a small building
Branches look like
Slenderman’s arms
Surrounded by cabins
Big like a statue
Dangling with Spanish moss
Leaves on it
Insects maybe living
Inside the oak
- Joshua Medley-Fowlkes
Live oak
True to Georgia
Big tree takes up a lot of
space
Very long and clumsy
They attract Spanish moss
I love to see bird houses
On the live oak
I like when the braches are
together
The branches make me think
of
Pride and joy
The live oak reminds me
Of my great grandma
Standing on her
Own will
- Chris Williams
From this tree came several
features
For air is only a fraction
They have mastered arts of
life
And can live for an
eternity
Their diameter is large
Their wood is as strong as
a diamond
Though many may think the
life of a tree
Is nothing more than a
breeze,
They are wrong
The life of a tree is the
life of a soul
The life of a soul is
simply a life
- Ian McCarthy
The limbs hang like monkeys
from trees
With a grin
I rub my chin
And think about what’s
within
The trees are green
And so am I
As I leave with my
Suit and tie
- Luke Tracey
