![]() ![]() ![]() Yet the tree also stands as a testament to the speaker's ancestors, who emigrated to the United States and became farmers in Ohio. The decision seems easy at first: the tree causes no end of problems, its roots clogging up drains and its heavy limbs threatening to damage the women's house during storms. In the poem, which is usually read as being autobiographical, the speaker and her mother must decide whether to sell their walnut tree in order to help pay off their mortgage. "The Black Walnut Tree" was written by the American poet Mary Oliver and first published in her 1979 collection, Twelve Moons. ![]()
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