The Cherry Trees Poem by Edward Thomas
The Cherry Trees
The cherry trees bend over and are shedding,
On the old road where all that passed are dead,
Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding
This early May morn when there is none to wed.
Four lines capture what we all know to be true about the bittersweet cycle of life and death. I always savor a poem that excels in parsimony. Reading The Cherry Trees by Edward Thomas reminds me to select my words and images with purpose and exactitude.
To strengthen this poem it needs to be longer. Sometimes the shortest poems say it all, but in this case the length is not very memorable because of the topic and the formality of the poem. The first 3 lines are cool, but the last line doesnt seem to go with the poem at all.
Sorry Kay I can't agree with you.I think the last line shows us the ever giving essence of nature's bounty that continues
Nature's continuous cycle birth life death in the petals celebration or tears while they fall it's what the reader perceives...this could have been a haiku but as a short poem it says alot, too.
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6/3/2023 2:28:57 AM # 1.0.0.1113
A cherry tree is an object representing Nature's Beauty n Bounty, frequently used in literature as a symbol esp in naturalism. The gargantuan cherry orchard of Chekov comes to mind! ! !