Kentucky Color: Late 1990s Arbor Day
2025-01-12 - Frankfort, KY - Photo courtesy Billy Joe Fudge
Billy Joe writes, "I was invited to perform my poem, 'I heard a Tree', at Kentucky's Arbor Day celebration in the late nineties. It was quite an honor.
My oldest daughter, Shay Knifley, drew a masterful pen and ink of an urban forestry scene on the Lindsey Wilson campus which included the massive Rainwater Oak. I had the poem superimposed on her drawing. She and I presented a framed copy to First Lady Judi Patton (at left in photo) during the ceremony.
It hung in the state capitol in Frankfort for the remainder of Governor Patton's tenure, and I believe a copy still hangs in the Adair County Public Library."
Read Billy Joe's poem here: Kentucky Color: I heard a tree. Comments | Permalink
2025-01-12 - Frankfort, KY - Photo courtesy Billy Joe Fudge
Billy Joe writes, "I was invited to perform my poem, 'I heard a Tree', at Kentucky's Arbor Day celebration in the late nineties. It was quite an honor.
My oldest daughter, Shay Knifley, drew a masterful pen and ink of an urban forestry scene on the Lindsey Wilson campus which included the massive Rainwater Oak. I had the poem superimposed on her drawing. She and I presented a framed copy to First Lady Judi Patton (at left in photo) during the ceremony.
It hung in the state capitol in Frankfort for the remainder of Governor Patton's tenure, and I believe a copy still hangs in the Adair County Public Library."
Read Billy Joe's poem here: Kentucky Color: I heard a tree. Comments | Permalink