The tulips are several weeks behind. All over the neighborhood, the plants are distorted, and seem to be twisting themselves up out of the ground. They remind me of Van Gogh’s cypresses. Even now with the weather warming slightly, we’ve yet to see a single open bloom. The cherries, though, are finally at their peak and are beginning to snow. Here and there, resting under the trees facing the State […]
A cold, wet spring. Tulips several weeks behind. Are they snowflakes or cherry blossoms? I’ll let the robins decide. . [ 1705 ]
One street over, there’s a light that’s crowded ’round by a flowering wild cherry. Running past, the stars still out, it looks like the light itself ’s in bloom. Maybe this is why the robins sing at such an early hour — and why, When my heart and lungs are full with scent and sound, My feet, at least for a little while, don’t quite touch the ground. . [ […]
Cherry blossoms — nothing to want in this world, and little to need. . [ 1416 ]
Cherry blossoms — before, during, and after each of our wars. . [ 1415 ]
Full is empty / empty is full / cherry blossoms / in my begging bowl . [ 1414 ]
Cherry blossoms — a little girl adds them to her make-believe soup. . [ 1413 ]
O the language of fear! Medicine, borders, finances. Differences, conspiracies, laws. barefoot through cherry blossoms touching each trunk in the old city park . [ 1064 ]
whiter this year cherry blossoms in my beard Recently Banned Literature, March 22, 2017 . [ 1053 ]
cherry blossoms and my tea which never will stay warm Recently Banned Literature, March 23, 2017 . [ 1047 ]
William Michaelian 