{"id":63702,"date":"2025-10-07T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/63702\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:29:14","slug":"mystery-ode-to-lovely-tree-in-hull-felled-by-storm-amy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/63702\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery ode to ‘lovely tree’ in Hull felled by Storm Amy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charis Scott-HolmEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire<\/p>\n

\"BBCBBC<\/p>\n

The anonymous poem was left alongside a red rose<\/p>\n

An anonymous poem written in memory of a tree brought down by Storm Amy has been welcomed by locals as a “lovely reminder” of the value of nature.<\/p>\n

The tree, which stood near the Victoria Avenue fountain in the Avenues area of Hull, was uprooted in strong winds on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

After Hull City Council completed works to break up and remove the tree, the poem was left fastened to the stump alongside a red rose.<\/p>\n

The poem thanked the “lovely tree” for being a place of shade, a means of displaying posters and for supporting local wildlife – even the dogs who cocked their legs against it.<\/p>\n

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The tree in springtime, before it was felled by Storm Amy<\/p>\n

It gives thanks for many aspects of the tree’s life, including the lines: “For letting us share posters, lost cats, jumble trails and more, and just for your beauty through seasons \u2013 naked and in leaf.<\/p>\n

“We loved you and we will miss you.”<\/p>\n

On social media, residents reacted positively to the poem, writing comments including: “A lovely reminder of how much trees do for us. Thank you to whoever wrote it.”<\/p>\n

Another wrote: “Beautiful words. A huge loss to our community. Amazing years of service to us all.”<\/p>\n

\"AndrewAndrew Hibbert<\/p>\n

The felled tree blocked Victoria Avenue on Saturday morning<\/p>\n

Humberside Police closed the road on Saturday morning while work was carried out to remove the felled tree. No-one was hurt in the incident. <\/p>\n

Storm Amy brought heavy rain and strong winds<\/a> to large parts of the UK on Saturday – leaving thousands of homes without power across Scotland and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charis Scott-HolmEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire BBC The anonymous poem was left alongside a red rose An anonymous poem…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-63702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}