Poem Review: Lost Brother By Stanley Moss

“Lost Brother” By Stanley Moss

On the surface this poem is about a tree that knows that it is just a tree that will never surmount to anything because it will eventually be cut down or die and fall.

The author is using a tree as his character and point of view because when people think of trees they think tall and stable. He is using the tree as his metaphor for people in society. We all compare ourselves with others and want to be as good as someone else. We want to make our parents or anyone else who’s approval matters to us, proud. The point that the author is trying to get to is, that we as humans have faults and we all will compare ourselves to others, and will always try to be better, but the important thing is not to be as good as someone else, but to be as good as you can be because life is too short not to live it to your fullest potential. Sooner or later some bag of wind, or something, will be your downfall, or your end, and you want to have your past be the best it could have been.

At length, the poem describes the interconnectedness of Life; humans live on this planet; trees live on this plant; therefore, we share a bond. By design, there exists a commonality between all living organisms, the narrator seems to claim, “I know we had the same mother--Mother Nature. In addition the theme can be based as environmentalism or about Mother Nature and how it brings one