My Favorite Wood

[teutonicking]

Hello all,

I am getting ready for the burning season coming up, so I thought I would share a little poem I wrote.

Regards,

-TK

My Favorite Wood​

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Oak is good for burning—

if you have the time to dry it;

Hickory’s the king of woods,

that is if you can find it.

Maple is a decent wood;

Sugar is the sweetest—

but Rock and Red, and Silver too,

can burn this season soonest.

Elm is tough,

and splitting’s rough—

So is it even worth it?

Poplar is not popular,

but decent in the shoulder;

Fruit woods are sweet,

and can’t be beat,

so apple should be gathered.

Pine is fine,

Not so divine,

But not the Devil either.

Birch and Beech,

from what I hear,

are sometimes underrated;

The King of Beers

stores theirs in there

and makes it even better.

Walnut’s good,

For carving wood,

but so-so in the oven.

Cherry’s nice--

it will suffice,

and can be used most often.

Ash is dry,

and can be split,

Ash will burn well too--

Worth more than gold

we must be bold

and save it from the borer.

Ironwood is tough and strong,

has lots of BTUs,

but locust trees burn blue and hot,

and won’t go bad ‘till used.

Hemlock is like poison wood,

Willow weeps on fire;

But wood that’s free,

at least to me—

has got to be my favorite.

 

[TimJ]

where can we get that published

 

[ScotO]

Nicely done!

 

[bogydave]

Your fit in here well !
The last 3 lines is my favorite.
I agree on hickory as the king of fire wood. Just my opinion, never having burned any, just like hickory.

I can see that printed big & on the wood shed

 

[woodchip]

Nice poem, my favourite wood here is freemans too

 

[Dave_B]

Thanks for that. Well done!

 

[Lewiston]

Bravo! Take a bow!

 

[teutonicking]

thanks--I'm glad people liked it.