Blossom

Sunlight catches the cherry blossom

This morning, after an overnight late-April frost, petals were falling like snowflakes from the cherry tree outside our house. Some years the blossom is full and thick and lasts for weeks. Other years, a storm will blow through and the blossom is whipped off the branches overnight. This year, the blossom was late and opened with the leaves. It’s still hanging on in the sunshine, giving us something beautiful to look at everyday. The early morning snowflakes prompted me to dig out last year’s poem and share it before the petals have gone altogether.

Blossom

Preparations complete, the build-up has begun.

Here they come;

Fat little buds of energy bursting with joy.

Watch out below,

The party is about to start and soon your light will be out.

The first peep of white pushes, unfurls, to hang one upturned cup.

They’re here!

Hundreds, then thousands join.

Thick, white froth fills the bare branches and

The celebrations begin.

Layers upon layers of petals unfold

Emergent bees dive hungrily into the feast.

Fresh blue sky, sunlit blossom

The perfect celebration of spring

Two weeks of bling!

Before shades of toasted marshmallow seep into the petals.

Confetti falls and scatters the forget-me-nots.

This was a party to remember.

A photo just doesn’t do it justice

3 comments

Clare Lardner

April 22, 2021 at 5:44 pm

How lovely and joyful! You write so well xx

Liz

April 22, 2021 at 8:38 pm

I love this Helen, mainly because I can hear your voice when I read this. You express the beauty of nature in a way that’s so captivating and so beautiful that I want to read it again.

Melissa

April 22, 2021 at 9:09 pm

Absolutely beautiful Helen xx