Commentary on Fire Wood

[pierre girard]

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year.
Chestnut's only good, they say,
If for long 'tis laid away.
But ashwood new or ashwood old
Is fit for a queen with a crown of gold.

Birch and fir logs burn too fast,
Blaze up bright and do not last.
It is by the Irish said
Hawthorne bakes the sweetest bread.
Elmwood burns like graveyard mold,
E'en the very flames are cold.
But ashwood green or ashwood brown
Is fit for a queen with a golden crown.

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke.
Applewood will scent your room
With an incense like perfume.
Oaken logs if dry and old,
Keep away the winter's cold.
But ashwood wet or ashwood dry
A king shall warm his slippers by.
— A. Nonny Mouse

PG

 

[sodajoe]

I've just spied this poem Pierre. Nice one

 

[bushtuckerman]

well ash does rock as you can burn it green

 

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Mr Nonny Mouse is quite the poet

Forgive me but I don't know too much about burning different types of wood - does that poem ring true on all of those points or is it just a nice poem?

 

[pierre girard]

Mr Nonny Mouse is quite the poet

Forgive me but I don't know too much about burning different types of wood - does that poem ring true on all of those points or is it just a nice poem?

Well, I haven't got too much against poplar, other than it burns too quick, and birch is a better firewood, in my eyes, than the poem would indicate - otherwise - pretty much on the money.