On Killing A Tree by Gieve Patel - Introduction and Text Audio
We have not inherited this earth from our ancestors; we have borrowed it from our children. – Nani Palkhiwala in The Ailing Planet
The poet makes the reader aware of the fact that trees are being ignored and have been pushed out of priority. The poem highlights the fact that trees are living things. He equates trees with humans to convey that trees should not be cut because destroying trees is just like killing a human being. A tree does not die merely by cutting because it regrows from where it is cut. If it has to be destroyed, then it has to be uprooted.
