Trees

On a recent bike excursion, I found a little triangle of a park in Rogers Park dedicated to Joyce Kilmer, author of the poem "Trees". Here is the text of this beautiful poem, according to Wikipedia:

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet 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.

I hope to create a blog post on that entire excursion through Rogers Park soon.

Other recent excursions include:

A trip straight down Clarendon/Halsted from Lawrence (4800 N) to Armitage (2000 N)

A trip straight down Ashland from Lawrence (4800 N) to I-55 (3100 S)

A trip along the Lakefront path from Argyle down to Grant Park, then to Ping Tom Park, then along Archer through Bridgeport to Halsted, south on Halsted to the Union Stockyards (4100 S), a quick stop at the Canaryville Branch of the Chicago Public Library, south on Wallace/Union to 51st St., east on 51st to Princeton, then a ride back north on Princeton through gang-invested Fuller Park and Armour Square (such a sad situation there), through the safety of IIT to 31st St and east on 31st back to the lakefront path and from there back north.