John Hollander Poem

John Hollander was born in New York City in 1929. A former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, he is the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry. This is one that the Eagles credit on their new CD so I looked it up and think it's pretty cool. Figured I'd share.

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And Old Fashioned Song
by John Hollander

No more walks in the wood:
The trees have all been cut
Down, and where once they stood
Not even a wagon rut
Appears along the path
Low brush is taking over.

No more walks in the wood;
This is the aftermath
Of afternoons in the clover
Fields where we once made love
Then wandered home together
Where the trees arched above,
Where we made our own weather
When branches were the sky.
Now they are gone for good,
And you, for ill, and I
Am only a passer-by.

We and the trees and the way
Back from the fields of play
Lasted as long as we could.
No more walks in the wood.

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