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"Ode to the Cherry Trees in My Front Yard" by Maya Price


Ode to the Cherry Trees in my Front Yard


The hot summer sun

On the front yard,

Where we plant a sapling

In a bed of mulch

And build a wall

To protect it from the world.


The tiny green buds

On the ends of each branch,

That will bloom into flowers

Delicate as paper,

Soft as silk.


The strong persistence

Of the resilient branches 

Battling the invasive beetles

That gnaw on its leaves,

Despite the holes

In its tattered sails.


Where creatures gather;

A village for the spotted fawns

And rabbits hiding in the tall grass

And deer standing on two feet

To reach the branches

That grow ever higher.


Asleep in the winter,

Dormant and gray.

Alive in the spring,

Green and growing and blossoming. 


Just a single cherry,

Small and red.

The token of our efforts;

The tree’s medallion

Of success. 

-Maya Price, freshman


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