Cherry Blossoms
1
walking past the wild cherry tree going nova
in this early spring heat i remember the story
of the chinese poet who wrote his verses
on scraps of rice paper then cast them into the river
to drift away among the floating cherry blossoms
2
i’m jogging beside the lake when a gust of wind
sets hundreds of cherry blossom petals free
to swirl down in the hot spring sunshine
and suddenly i’m sliding through
a warm snowstorm of pink silk
(KZ 2016)
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