Today Mish is doing the Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub. She wants us to write about life from the perspective of nature: a tree, frog, flower, whatever! I used the quote form The Last Samurai as my inspiration and …the cherry blossoms. Come join us for some excellent poetry. Poetics: From Nature’s Point of View
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through the long winter
I sleep – curled tight within the
wood – I dream of spring
and bursting forth in shades
of pink and white –
just for a day in the sun
just for a day in the rain
just for a day in early spring snow –
just for one glorious day to look
at the beauty around me –
to listen to the birds –
to watch my friends opening –
to the sun around me –
to one day hear a man beneath my perch saying:
“The perfect blossom is a rare thing.
You could spend your life looking for one,
and it would not be a wasted life”***
and to smile and let my petals
slowly fall to earth.
***quote from The Last Samurai by Katsumoto
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