Standing in the Orchard: A Poetry Sampler
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Here is a grove of poems (inspired by Tasha Cotter's poem below) to remind us of the bounty of trees, the “rot and hallelujah” of blossoms and leaves and delicate fruits. In these poems we meet the sycamore, the ginkgo, the notorious Bradford Pear, the crabapple, the threatened ash, dogwoods, redbuds, and ourselves. We liked how these poems offer us a moment of contemplation under a canopy.
~Marianne Worthington, poetry editor
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Patricia Alice Albrecht
Leavings
Tasha Cotter
Standing in the Orchard, a Future is Created
Chris Green
White, wide dogwood blooms
Budding redbuds shake
Connie Jordan Green
Ode to the Apple
Karen Paul Holmes
If You Plant a Bradford Pear
Jules Jacob
Ginkgo Bilobas
Laura McPherson
Rocking in the Dappled Evening
Catherine Moore
Ash Tuesday
Karah Stokes
Sycamores bank the far side of the river
