It's Haibun Monday, and Frank asks us to consider cherry blossom time , a favorite of poets. There are several species of cherry trees, and I'm reminded of the wild cherry in the valleys of the Great Smoky Mountains. Submitted to dVerse 3/29/21.
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SMOKY MOUNTAIN SPRING
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Deep in the valley where the shadows are long and the sun sips the morning dew from the wildflowers, the mists on the mountains give way to azure skies and puffy white clouds skid their way across the heavens. In the valley the wild cherry blooms, and on the hillsides the trees grow tall in their quest for the sun. Its rays dapple the forest floor leaving warm pools of sunlight where small creatures scurry as their day begins and overhead the owl and the hawk eye them for their morning foray. It’s a Spring morning in the Great Smoky Mountains and the ritual as old as time begins once again.
mountains call my name
their ritual old as time
my spirit refreshed once more
I love the wild cherry... and I assume there will be some fruit later in summer too.
ReplyDeleteLiving in a flat part of the country, I would love to wander in a valley ‘where the shadows are long and the sun sips the morning dew from the wildflowers’, Bev. I so enjoyed your description of the mists on the mountains, the blossom and the sun dappling the forest floor.
ReplyDeleteYou made me long for mountains and wildlife. Among the things I've missed most being stuck in a city for the pandemic. It also - again - made me very grateful to live in a city that are by comparison full of green nature and blue waters. There's always some little slice of nature to find even if you really can't go anywhere.
ReplyDeleteAh yes the blossoming delight od trees uplifting our being. Nice one Bev
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Airily awesome, Beverly!
ReplyDeleteI very much enjoyed the place you drew from memory of the long shadows of the mountains and the open sunny areas where the critters scurry about their business. There is something very comforting in the timelessness of their actions.
ReplyDeleteThis is so captivating Bev. Beautiful images you conjured here — well written!
ReplyDeleteA wild Cherry blossom! Lovely! Beautifully rendered, Beverly!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful scene you paint Beverly!
ReplyDeleteSuch an idyllic scene, perfectly painted!
ReplyDeleteRituals old as time, I love this! A stunning picture of the constant and reliable.
ReplyDeleteThat's probably a lovely scene at any time, but especially in spring.
ReplyDeleteSo much lusciousness in your haibun .... wonderful.
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