Be patient -- you have an ancient beauty.
A venture into ancient Haiku, David Waggoner, AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL, A.E. Houseman, and Toi Derricotte, searching for the perfect blossom. Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM Eastern Time Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case This Episode Recorded March 27, 2024
Cherry Blossoms
by Toi Derricotte
I went down to
mingle my breath
with the breath
of the cherry blossoms.
There were photographers:
Mothers arranging their
children against
gnarled old trees;
a couple, hugging,
asks a passerby
to snap them
like that,
so that their love
will always be caught
between two friendships:
ours & the friendship
of the cherry trees.
Oh Cherry,
why can’t my poems
be as beautiful?
A young woman in a fur-trimmed
coat sets a card table
with linens, candles,
a picnic basket & wine.
A father tips
a boy's wheelchair back
so he can gaze
up at a branched
heaven.
All around us
the blossoms
flurry down
whispering,
Be patient
you have an ancient beauty.
Be patient,
you have an ancient beauty.
via the Poetry Foundation
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