“Find something you love, and write a poem to celebrate it.” X.J. Kennedy
Usually at this time of year, the apple trees in my yard are loaded with blossoms. This picture was taken in 2010:
Because of the cold weather this spring and damage to the trees during Hurricane Sandy, they are still bare.
I love these apple trees and the masses of blossoms they produce each year. We don’t harvest the apples; they’re small and bitter. The neighborhood deer, however, have quite a feast in October! I look forward each year to their beauty and promise. I’m waiting patiently for them to bloom, but in the meantime, I followed Kennedy’s advice and wrote a tanka to celebrate something I love.
soft rosy petals
cover tree branches like snow
gossamer petals
dance in a soft gentle breeze
delicious promise of fruit
© Catherine Flynn, 2013
Be sure to stop by Live Your Poem for the round up of poems. Thank you to Irene Latham for hosting today!
Reading to the Core 
Oh, lovely delicious promise of fruit! And what a view! You must write lots and lots of poems while the trees are blooming. Thank you for sharing.
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Delicious promise, indeed. I hope you have blossoms soon. Such a weird weather year.
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Catherine,
I love that “delicious promise of fruit.” And now with all the challenges this year — the cold and the storms — that deliciousness is even more of a promise than usual, it seems. May the promises be fulfilled soon!
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I think the years we have to wait and wait for spring remind us how precious and amazing she is. And she always comes.
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