Saturday 17 April 2010

The tree outside my house


The tree outside my house
(municipal planting)
is a frail jewel in flat suburbia.
Its bark is shiny white
and it blossoms
and strikes me daily
as unlikely.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photo and poem. I love the last thought...unlikely.

Dave said...

Wonderful. Please send the link in to next month's Festival of the Trees.

Jean said...

Dave, I will, thank you.