> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Santa Monica Lovely trees are apparent to all
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-lovely-trees-are-apparent-to-all-editor/
- Published: 2007-10-31T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:44:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Downtown, #archive-import

*By Helen Fiske*

When Joyce Kilmer wrote that famous poem that starts, “I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree,” there were no so-called activists around; and when I wrote my simple rhyme about the ficus trees, I had no knowledge of any efforts by others to save the (downtown) trees. I was not influenced by Jerry Rubin or the Santa Monica Treesavers and I had not read any letters to the editor. My feelings were mine and mine alone — no one influenced me.

That famous poem ends, “Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree.” I concur. So, Bill Bauer, not all of us “good and caring residents” are being misled by nonsense. We are capable of making up our own minds.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 31, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/103107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)