HERE SHE IS

 

HERE SHE IS

The beauty of the morning is here

but I haven’t found it yet.

I found my bicycle gloves

in yard bin first thing

just where I’d thrown them yesterday

after my ride, when I stopped

to prune some branches

from the flowering Kwanzan Cherry

before putting my bike away.

I’m stopped before the Kwanzan

again right now. Straightening

from beneath the tree

a pruned knob gashes my head.

Ouch. Retreating to the fountain porch

I mist the Japanese Maple and Little Cherry Twist

cooling theporch as I anticipate

Karen’s rising into day.

Jim Bodeen

28 June 2023