Under the trees

I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree

Uganda's trees are beautiful and most are perfectly upright. 

A tree whose hungry mouth 

The branches grow evenly and seem to rejoice in the abundant sunshine. 

is pressed against the earth's

People would normally converge under the trees

sweet flowing breast

to seek refuge from 

A tree that may in Summer

wear a nest ..... in her hair

the harsh heat.
But the trees in Gulu are being endangered because of the onslaught of illegal cutters who burn the trees for commercial charcoal business.  And the majority of charcoal buyers are not the rural folks but the city dwellers.  Such is the reality in this part of the world where power supply is highly unreliable, cooking gas is deemed harmful, impractical or unaffordable,

A tree that looks at God all day

and purchasing power is being eroded by inflation. A year ago, inflation rate was at 6%; now it is 29%.

Only God can make a tree

by Joyce Kilmer