Bloom!
I had no idea when I chose my selection for Poetry Friday that the round-up 
was being hosted by PaperTigers. It seems providential somehow, that the poem I chose to post (with permission) is one my good friend, Nancy Bo Flood, shared in an email early this morning. By pure coincidence, Nancy was a guest on PaperTigers just yesterday. Here’s her beautiful poem. Enjoy.
photo credit: h.koppdelaney
Dean’s Tree
This lone tree
In our backyard of red sand
Last year was dark boughs, bare, brittle.
Not even the birds visited.
Dead, dying? I did not know.
Buckets of water
It drank, buckets.
Branches sometimes shivered, rattled with each gust of cold wind.
Listen, listen.
Snow fell. Slept. Melted.
What is this?
Blossoms!
Boughs of blossoms laugh
With the touch of bird toes.
Welcome to the Poetry Friday Roundup! said:
[...] White shares the poem “Blossoms!” by Nancy Bo Flo. She says: “It seems providential, somehow, that the poem I chose to [...]
Marjorie (PaperTigers) said:
It’s a beautiful poem. Nature can be so surprising sometimes. And, as you say, perfect to host over at PaperTigers this week – thank you for sharing.
Dianne said:
Thank YOU for hosting Poetry Friday!
Dianne White said:
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