Tenderly
under the tree's shade
the poet wrote;
wishing
that his poems
might have the grace
of the tree.
the tree heard
the poet's wish
and gave itself,
to share his book
leaf for leaf
for as long
as his poems lived
and so it was
Michael Shepherd
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0240-the-poet-and-the-tree/
