AIBU to send a sympathy card to the neighbours tree

[aliasname]

Shade from the sun, shelter from the storm
You reached your branches, to the summer morn
You shared your fruit with the grasping world
You shed your leaves as autumn unfurled

But they did not care, those murdering turds
That you gave a home to the bees and birds
Struck down in your prime, brutally slain
You wept silent tears in your sorrow and pain

For they did not care, as they took up the axe
And grinned as they swung, and started to hack
They did not see - Natures Majesty
As they, hellbent upon their travesty

But now, another life has died
And Mankind laughed while Our Earth cried.

Just introduce yourself and ask if there was something wrong with the tree, like a normal person.

Or, to be even more normal, keep your gob shut.

I'm a tree hugger and this would genuinely upset me. When we sold our previous house, the new owner completely cleared the entire garden, including two trees which weren't a hazard or anything. We had loads of bird life and voles and toads visiting that garden. I did feel upset about it.

I’m going to have to stump up for a creative writing course...

Ha ha! Well done OP It's refreshing to see a poster who can take criticism with good humour.

Some of you are barking up the wrong tree, as you clearly haven’t read my updates. I said I was unreasonable, and wouldn’t send any card (which was really just about getting it out of my system anyway)

Also, I am grateful to those posters who pointed out that the roots could have damaged drainage pipes if not the house. Maybe I just couldn’t see the wood for the trees.

Am ‘logging’ off now, as it still makes me sad even if there was a genuine reason for cutting it down. Hope that’s oak-y with everyone...

TheTitOfTheIceburg
Fabulous answer!! 😂

Loving all the puns

Just ignore them OP, they're Beeches.

Leaf aliasname alone, will you?

@BadLad they did live in my garden too, in my trees. They were a delight.

It's almost as good as Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep.

Haha! Or The Tay Bridge Disaster by William McGonagall, which begins

Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv’ry Tay!
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember’d for a very long time.

I read it when I need a smirk.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/tay-bridge-disaster/

Oh yes! I recall reading that he was strongly suspected to be a satirist. Can't fathom why.

Dreadful. Not a fan of meaningless enjambment.
I love trees, but your 'treebute' is just a bit embarrassing.

Oh! Compared to the brilliant McGonagall! I am honoured, but have some way to go before reaching his genius. I’ll need to spruce up my act.

Yew know, this thread has actually helped me a lot to look at the lighter side; probably I do get too emotional about some things & MNetters have a rare gift for seeing the wider picture.

It’s still sad to see a living thing cut down, but I won’t pine any longer. Whenever I look at the neighbours, the question ‘you fondled a stump?!’ comes to mind, and I just... beam

@aliasname Thanks for the laugh!

I have job for you. My parents sold our house (evil bastards) when I was 8. We had 4 huge fir trees in our front garden. As soon as we moved, the incoming intruders had the audacity to chop them all down. To add insult to injury, they painted our garage neon yellow.

I would appreciate one of your wonderful poems to commemorate the much loved fir trees of my long list childhood.

Thanks.

*lost

Not such a plank as we'd feared.

Oh, a commission - is the OP our poet laur(el)eate?

Yanbu.
My cunty neighbours chopped down an adorable little lilac last year. Heaven forbid a plant grows in their garden.
I'm getting my revenge with tall shrubs and a small tree.

@ErrolTheDragon Yew know it, fir sure.

Are you OK hun?

@Enclume Btw... "murdering turds" is assonant, not alliterative.

An important distinction Thank you

for op. Yew planely have a heart of oak.