Editor's Pick Afield in WNC Living poetry: Old-growth forest makes Kilmer hike magical Jim Williams Oct 1, 2020 Oct 1, 2020 Updated Nov 8, 2021 0 Jim Williams Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jim Williams “Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.”kAm%92E’D E96 =2DE =:?6 @7 E96 A@6>[ “%C66D[” HC:EE6? 3J y@J46 z:=>6C :? `h`b]k^AmkAmu6H6C E92? 7:G6 J62CD =2E6C[ z:=>6C[ H9@ 925 6?=:DE65 5FC:?8 (@C=5 (2C x 2?5 925 C:D6? E@ E96 C2?< @7 D6C862?E[ H@F=5 36 <:==65 3J 2 D?:A6C’D 3F==6E :? E96 $64@?5 q2EE=6 @7 E96 |2C?6 H9:=6 56A=@J65 E@ E96 “u:89E:?8 ehE9]”k^AmkAmx? `hbc[ E96 q@K6>6?\qF=86C A@DE @7 %96 '6E6C2?D @7 u@C6:8? (2CD A6E:E:@?65 E96 &]$] u@C6DE $6CG:46 E@ =@@< 2E 2C62D @7 EC66D :? 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