Wax poetic on the cherry blossoms

hands shaking so cold
weather disregards the date
blooms bespeak the lie

Shy, pink blossoms yawn

Tiny angel winged petals

Flutter in the wind

Sheri Tardio, Prince Frederick, MD

Pink and white dapple
brown limbs and branches spread out
against the blue sky

Sakura blossoms
Petals swirl down upon me
A spring time blizzard

As someone who works on the Mall:

Cherry Blossoms are
pink confections of evil
Tourists please go home

-Sarah C., Washington

Blooms from scarred old trees --
Flowers from a magic wand!
We are all amazed.

As the sun arose,
white was the new fallen snow
that would soon be gone.

Pam Bent, Poolesville

Blooms from scarred old trees --
Flowers from a magic wand!
We are all amazed.

Jill Evans-Kavaldjian
Lovettsville, VA

Along the Mall's edge,
The trees weep pink and white froth -
such bluster and wind.

Stretching, sleepy, languorous
Silent, sensual, if only for a moment.
Just like me.

Sweet scent on the air
soft pink petals presage spring
strengthen nations' bonds

New Hope Blossoms
Proclaims Winter is gone
It's Spring again!

I hate haiku.

Still in April bloom
Cherry blossoms so briefly.
I am older now.
Judy Coughlin, Leesburg

Delicate pink whisps
Float gently through the spring breeze
Landing on light hearts

Joshua Kohn, DC

Fleeting winters wing,
Days are warming with the sun
Making way for spring.

Bright blossoms of hope
Give promise of better days
Only to fade out

Pink Petals will pop
Peepers are calling their mates
Music to my ears!

In downstairs oak bars
We stink-talk into glasses
Waiting for blossoms.

Harbingers of Spring,
Promisers of Summertime,
Renewers of hope.

dreary days remain

pink buds bursting from branches

gorgeous Spring is here

Jefferson, alone
In the tidal basin, cheers
When white boughs beckon.

Snow-white blossoms fey,
Tremble tranquil warming wind,
Dance over cool waters.

She blossomed in spring
my tongue touched their tips, breathing
her delicate smell.

She left before spring
I became still, an old oak
Waiting for blossoms

Spring, come now, singing!
Warts, go smooth! Become blossoms!
Winter dies! Arise!

Noses in blossoms;
Toes in grass; fingers in hair;
Spring in Washington.

This is based on a scene I witnessed a few years ago during the cherry blossom bloom, though nowhere near any cherry blossoms.

======================

Botany knowledge
Seems absent. Hey, tourists? Those
Are magnolias.

Pink White Gentle Clouds
Light Transcend Despairs Veneer
Pollen And Tourists....

Pink White Gentle Clouds
Light Transcend Despairs Veneer
Pollen And Tourists

Bruce L. Alexandria

Oh Spring! Oh Spring!
Humble blossom, here and now
dancing in the sky.

Pillai, V. Hampton, V.

Oh Spring! Oh Spring!
Humble blossom, here and now
dancing in the sky.

V. Pillai, Hampton, VA.

kudos to the GOGBlog poets!

The thin air thickens
Bare trees become tall flowers
All things old seem new.

Blossoms far away,
A letter from emptiness,
Words fail to describe.

Bryan S.
The Woodlands, TX

Traffic exhaust fumes
From cars and trucks at standstill
Shrouded by blossoms

Tourists wonder, why:
Is D.C. all that Asian?
(Besides Chinatown)

Each year in April
Our town's neither blue nor red
But a frilly pink

Drive Suitland Parkway
Pink blossomed trees line roadway
You will get goose bumps

Phyllis G., Las Vegas, NV

Pink white petals
Clouds wander by
A chill is in the air

I buried my nose
In her pink folds’ gentle scent
And inhaled deeply.

pretty pictures time
sky blue grass green blossoms pink
great days the Lord makes

Dancing lassy, come now sassy, come now please into the night
Curving twicely, very nicely, lollipoping with the light
Huddle closely, to me mostly, by the pecked-on dusty bricks
Zippers downing, fingers sounding, shiver quickly with my licks
We are full of drinks a daring
We are full of hairy scaring
We are hot and steamy sex
Without the scolding consequence

a year has gone by
since we held each others' hands
under cherry trees

Blossom time arrives
Spreading from basin to ‘burbs
Just in time for most

-Rachel Duguay, Honolulu

We watch the buds form
Raptly awaiting bloom time
When it comes, delight!

- Rachel Duguay, Honolulu

White gives way to white
Yet one more season elapses
Which we always love

Japan's gift to us
Cherry pink and pearly white
We are most grateful.

Pink white twice yearly
November's cherry blossoms
global warming's gift.

Ice cold snowy days
Gone for now past memories
Cherry blossoms bloom

Blossom time for us
Cherry trees put on a show
Dancing blooms await

Forget the TV
Put down your hand held device
Look at the blossoms

Furloughed workers
Will stride among the trees
Wondering why.

Upon common ground
We stride, inhaling flora,
Washington succeeds.

Maile F., Oakton

Spring arrives again
Blossom froth brings tears of joy
Thankful I survive

The trees from last year
Let us know they are still here
Giving renewal

Ken Camarro
Fairfield, CT

Spring arrives again
Blossom froth brings tears of joy
Thankful I survive

Michelle - Owings Mills

Petals leaning upwards,
like yearning mouths,
Time asks us to know gentleness, again.

Forgotten pink bloom
Winter loosens it's cold grasp
Warmth,like a lost Love's return

Pink flowered pompoms
Cheer spring tourists on parade
Petal confetti falls
Tara Whitworth, Alexandria, VA

Water mirrors clouds.
Immaculate blossoms. Now,
wind. Storm of petals!

crispin sartwell, new freedom, pa

Peace blossoms quiver,
Falling petals silent wishes,
Always hope remains.

Hi there, pink cutie!
May I stay a little while?
Thanks - you make me smile. :)

Julie Z., Arlington

Rebirth in pink, white
wind swept tickles of color
possibilities

Samuri blossoms
Salute and nod a bow to
Winter's sweet defeat.

Thank you, Japan, for
these blossoms so pink, so white,
so, good-bye Winter.

Nancy Hickman
Snow Hill, MD

Centered in the storm
we pause and smell the blossoms
Sweet springtime fragrance

Bursting from darkness
Blooming brightness fills the air
Descending to earth

R A Smith

Haiku

Blush of pink blossoms
Caress and gently conduct
A spring symphony

Elizabeth Banks
Washington, DC

Burning, itching eyes
Oh! The sweet smell of blossoms
Allergy season.
__
Tourists everywhere,
Please stop matching your t-shirts!
Beware of the Mall
__
Brightly colored trees
They sway around the basin,
Petals fall like snow

I-karm DC

Drunks amble near trees,
Urinate. Zip. Smell blossoms.
Blue sky in pink, hope.

Flowering jewels
Ancient pink and white blossoms
From across the sea
_______

Five fragile petals
Amidst contorted branches
Hiding monuments

Virginia Y., Stafford, VA

I wandered lonely in the crowd
That marches on as if on pills,
When all at once I saw a cloud,
Of sweet pink blossoms, a pungent swill.
Beside the basin, beneath the trees,
A miracle. That made me sneeze.

HAIKU

Fluttering, falling
softly carpeting our steps
Blossoms pink and white

HAIKU

April's first blossoms
flutter softly on the wind
Caressing my face

HAIKU

Pink cherry blossoms
announcing Spring's arrival
on soft breezes

Delicate petals
Fluttering down the sidewalks--
Cherry blossom rain
______

Hiroshige dreams
Come true every Spring--
Cherry blossom time

______

Spring's laughter
Colors the city
Pink and white

Nancy Lutz, Woodbridge,VA

Fog falls on river
Cherry blossoms show their face
Quiet sign of spring

Suzanne Smith Hall, Falls Church, VA

Cherry trees arrive
Reconciliation made
Peace in shades of pink

Suzanne Smith Hall, Falls Church, VA

Live gift from Japan
Pink blossoms in the springtime
What a sight DC

Suzanne Smith Hall, Falls Church, VA

Government city
Softer side is needed here
Pink blossoms appear

Suzanne Smith Hall, Falls Church, VA

Friendships bloom, then fade.
Even now on jagged branch
Tight pink buds release.

Through all the blossoms
Of all that year's cherry crop
My son's smile still shines.

Thom Overton
Reston, VA

I am sixty now,
But even at ninety-nine
These blossoms are new.

Thom Overton
Reston, VA

Japan's gift to us
Cherry pink and pearly white
We are most grateful

Mary Hughes
Hollywood, MD

Ice cold snowy days
Gone for now past memories
Cherry blossoms bloom

Mary Hughes
Hollywood, MD

Blossom time for us
Cherry trees put on a show
Dancing blooms await

Mary Hughes
Hollywood,MD

Forget the T.V.
Put down your hand held device
Look at the blossoms

Mary Hughes
Hollywood, MD

They come in the spring

Cherry blossoms flying high

Go butterflies go

Rose von Eckartsberg, 7 years old
Arlington, VA

When those pink blossoms come into view
My dear DC I think just of you
How it time to get NAUGHTY
AND RANDY AND BAWDY!
Wait. What the hell is a "high koo?"

M. Moore
Manassass, VA

See cherry blossoms.
Ride metro and hope it is
not too horrible.

#2

Pointless bag searches.
Masonry crumbles below.
Chinese tourists smirk.

Jefferson stands tall
Wrapped with transcendental arms
Sun light on water

Yearly they descend,
Pink and plump and raucous rush,
Blanketing our paths.

(But are "they" cherry blossoms or hordes of tourists?)

-Nan in Alexandria

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Hi there, you tourists!
Those pink things happen each year.
Please walk to the right.

Snow's last remants sulk
Refusing to acknowledge
Spring's cherry blossums.

Pink and white harbingers of spring
Delight us with prettiness
Achooo my sinuses

満開の時
一緒に楽にし
酒もう一杯

When it is full bloom
Together we will enjoy
One more cup of wine

Sakura

Two tiny blackbirds

chirruping in the Cherry:

I am of two minds.

We live in Texas now, but I cannot forget 25 years of living in DC and 25 seasons of cherry blossoms.
*********************************************
Kwanzan cherry tree

blossoms drift down like pink snow

and refuse to melt.

Cherry blossom song
Tra la oo ah oo la la
Spring soul pink flora.

Bees' paradise
Here we are
We're back We're back

Virginia C Metter GA

Crystal epistle
Porcelain prose in repose
Angel of wall ace

Bees in paradise
Hear us hum and watch us dance
We are welcomed back

Virginia C. GA

What fun!

Sap-sweetened branches
Erase the slate-brushed skein
Of sky. Spring's snowfall.

Oh it's cherry time
Are poems supposed to rhyme
Nah thats just to hard

Monuments framed pink
Jeffersonian blushes
Is Lincoln smiling?

Blossoms taunt my loss
Your true self forever gone
You of one year past

Soft, sensual bloom
Measured breath, flushed bouquet, now
Ephemeral life

Angie C.
Iowa City, IA

A gift long ago
Peace blooming year after year
Soft white happiness

Eric M.
Manassas Park, VA

No matter the year,
They do not equivocate;
Just choose to blossom.

- Jessie Ruemmler, Richmond

Will peak days obey
All our calculated hopes?
Or mess up Mom’s trip?

along the river
nature's first blush of springtime
extant war and peace

along the river
witness the blush of springtime
extant war and peace

JRJJR, Silver Spring

Cherry Blossoms fall
Swirling pink flakes of beauty
Covering the mall

Melissa Georgiou Leonardtown

Surging, pulsing death
Killing the grip of winter
Free, light, green, bright—Spring

Red H., Clyde, Tx

blooming sakura
pink petals offer comfort--
first spring without you

blooming sakura
pink petals offer comfort--
first spring without you

Eileen
Dededo,Guam

You stood there smiling
Pink petals caressed your face
I said "I love you."

Flowers first, then leaves.
Backwards? Not if your promise
Follows my bright hope.
---

Pink clouds and blue sky
At sunset, dawn and now noon.
We have been thrice blessed.
---

Mist drops on petals
Pink-rose-red, yet do not bleed.
The sun will rise soon.
---

Sun warm on my skin.
Pink confetti in green grass.
Dark water lapping.
---

Among monuments
They bloom in such happy crowds.
We are glad they came.
===
David Chalkley, Manassas
(I like the one about the magnolias.)

Guv tends purty buds?
Not in the Constitution
Tea Party says prune!

Cherry blossoms fall
when they fall, they soothe my soul
My heart breaks in two

Peter Trapp
Reston, VA

Many shades of pink
Against a backdrop of blue
Oh hello, dear spring!

Warm winter morning
Running over wet pavement
Crocuses in rain

April's Cherry Blossoms
Each year we do celebrate
That I did propose

Beautiful flowers
pretty and ephemeral as
bipartisanship

pollen suffocates
limpid suns frame pink shadows
D. C. drowns in spring

Mark Haag, New York

silent multitudes
blossoming in poetry
wield strongest power

Our cherry blossoms.
A gift from far away lands.
Forever enchant.

Delicate petals
Hues of pink, rose, white
A painters delight

-Anny D. -Fairfax VA

little blades of grass, peak at the chance of snow fall to cherry blossoms...

Pink petals float free
Tidal basin sparkling
Cherry blossom Spring

Kim - Columbia, MD

An ill-mannered wind
Pelted me with pink petals!
Almost lost an eye!

Swaying in the breeze
Gentle pink and white flowers
Entertain the crowds

Heavy cherry boughs
Laden with beautiful buds
That soon will burst forth

Slowly bursting forth
March the beautiful pink buds
As they ease open

Soft pink and white buds
Against the dark wet tree trunks
Fulfill all our dreams

Leaning o'er water
Rest lovely pink and white blooms
Lulling those around

Thousands come to see
Trees that bloomed for many years
Beautiful blossoms

silent multitudes
blossoming in poetry
wield strongest power

Victoria Miller
Los Angeles, California

Winter’s cold breath dies
Rebirth cloaked in pink arrives
As Sping’s royalty

Trees festooned in pink
Laced in lacquered white hues, dance
Spring’s first promenade

Trees dolled up in pink
Flirt under Lincoln’s stern gaze
Flaunting their beauty

Mark Heller
Sarasota, FL

Pink petals crowds awaken
From blind dark slumber
As eyes rise from ground to sky

-Washington dc

Cherry blossoms shine
Go away Sarah and Newt
Not November yet!

HAIKU

Asked him on a date
To see those pink blossoms soon
Perhaps love will bloom

Regina Brown
Springfield, VA

If I can shower
The world with my own petals,
Cherry blossoms, am I truth?

Once I was beauty
Once I was petals and blooms
And attracted crowds

Petals pink and white
Painted in impasto
On the wet sidewalk

April morning
Only shreds of pink remain
Still, the tourists stare

Cherry blossoms fade
Now in neighborhood gardens
Upturned bottoms bloom

Robert Forsythe - Annandale, VA

These three we don't see
Petals, happiness, people
But we see them, after gone

Wax poetic on
Cherry trees? First duty wax
Poetic on wife

Happiness happens
Blossoms bloom pained tenderness
Sadness waits cocooned

1.
Enveloped in white
The trees and the pathways
Blossoms everywhere

2.
A frame of branches
Blossoms cascade downward
The people rejoice

Rachel Block
- Albany NY

From Japan's great gift
Comes forth blissful thaughts of peace
Blooms dance on the wind

Thoughts ^

Young girls' souls bloom out
Behind monuments, among
Tidal Basin trees

Blossoms cling to brown
Wizened boughs; I cannot cling
Much longer to you

Your voice tender, deep
Blossoms sway in kindest breath
You cause life to bloom

No florist box sent
No cherry bamboozling or
Seduction intent

Washington’s herald
Of springtime awakening,
Sultry pink blossoms.

Billowing blossoms
As I walk the winding path,
Peace within my soul

Sweetly budding now,
Then opening, blossoming,
And too soon falling.

Soft pink and cheery
You make the world less dreary
My blossom dearie

From bud to blossom
Like reverse origami
Your petals unfold

The tourists descend
Upon the Tidal Basin.
Cherry blossom daze.

#1
Sunlight shines softly
Dappling the ground with pale pink
From your frail blossoms

#2
Hiding in tree boughs
Pale pink and white ensembles
Bring tidings of spring

#3
Fluttering downwards
Softly, falling in silence,
A cherry blossom

#4
Tidal Basin lined
With soft pink silk, means the end
Of freezing winter

#5
Spring comes, sweeps away
Dank cold, then leaves behind the
First cherry blossom

Belen Edwards, Washington

#1
Sunlight shines softly
Dappling the ground with pale pink
From your frail blossoms

#2
Hiding in tree boughs
Pale pink and white ensembles
Bring tidings of spring

#3
Fluttering downwards
Softly, falling in silence,
A cherry blossom

#4
Tidal Basin lined
With soft pink silk, means the end
Of freezing winter

#5
Spring comes, sweeps away
Dank cold, then leaves behind the
First cherry blossom

Belen Edwards, Washington

Cherry blossom time
The pink glory of D.C.
What a place to be

Beautiful to see
Nature's pink clam shells
opening in D.C.

Reflections of pink
Mirrored upon tearful eyes
Of the loving bride

- Jared Pulliam
Silver Spring, Maryland

Emerald city
Transposed by swarms of fuchsia
A heaven on earth

- Jared Pulliam
Silver Spring, Maryland

It isn't the tree
Nor its waves of pink plumage
It's this great city

-Jared Pulliam
Silver Spring, Maryland

Cherry blossom time
The pink glory of D.C.
What a place to be

Beautiful to see
Nature's pink clam shells
opening in D.C.

Frances O'Connor, Annapolis, MD

Natures pink parade
Marches around the basin
Spring's celebration

One, two, three, four, five
multitudes of colored hands
open, one harmony

One, two, three, four, five
multitudes of colored hands
open, one harmony.

Julien L., Arlington VA

Politics mixed with
beauty, D.C.'s own royal
annual wedding

Blossoms like justice...
Pretty ideals but say
Oh when do you stay?

When Birds fly back and
Blossoms return, Will you come
On a winding road?

Oh, Spring's harbinger!
Your feathery pink canopies
Refreshing my soul!

Spring's Cotton Candy
Blossoms spun on tender twigs
Feast for hungry eyes

Blossoms again like
World hurting over, over
And over, again

Tourists go away flee
Our trees look like full dogwoods
need to park my car

Watch blossoms valiant
Whoosh.....comes the unspoken Gale
Why, leave so sadly

Karen Williams, Bethesda

Cherry blossoms and
Opening Day arrive in
tandem. I love spring!

Lori D., Bethesda

Washington, post spring
cherry blossom time, is just
like yesterday's news.

Cherry blossom, Spring!
Japanese beauty abounds
My allergies sting

One cherry blossom
Peeks out from its bud--and sees
a thousand brothers.

Trees sugary as
Birthday pink frosting each year
We feast gazes yum

Will my dreams blossom
Before fear freezes my hope?
Grace me with the Son

Pink profligation
Overwhelming a deficit
Of human kindness

No Parking in There!
Moron is From OHIO
Stops his car in road?

Tourists on Metro,
Please don't block escalator
Or rage might blossom

Don’t break off blossoms
or you shall face the full wrath
of the NPS

Such beautiful blooms
But, oh, they make my eyes itch
At least it's not snow

Dead fish smell wafting.
Do not climb the tree clown boy
Put your child on leash!

Spring-eyed
Dewy Brilliant Life
In My Small Village.

Once got lucky here
Cherry trees work like beer on her
Hope it happens again

Me an ole blue don't get
Why them hukus has so few words
Is there a limit to dem?

We were pink enough,
then, to sing within the wind.
Now, the dark bay calls.

Each generation's
Blossoms burst, fade out of view
Baby boomers too

Fifteen buck metro
Corn fed idiots abound
Plant my own tree now

Fried taters can't beat
Them purty blossoms what falls
At mah feet. Ummhuh.

a thousand heads turn
white noise settles on blossoms
jet plane rumbles by

Hurry pink petals!
The Festival cannot wait
Until you’re ready.

Born in Washington
Never seen them up close
Can't find a parking place

Pink moonlight tinges
pastel sugar-hued air of
Tidal Basin shore

Look at iced blossoms
Winter is just moribund
Don't gloat cherry tree

By the calm water
the trees show a blaze of pink
for a little while

Japanese pink flowers,
Shed your beautiful petals,
For us to enjoy,

-by Ryan T.

Beautiful flowers,
Bring joy and celebration,
Shed your beauty for all,

-by Ryan T.

The cherry blossom,
Bright pink and full of delight,
Shed petals for all,

-by Ryan T.

With camera magic
Small blossoms of white and pink
Ring Jefferson's neck

Zillions of blossoms
Ringing the tidal basin
Washington in bloom.

J. Lyon
Accident, MD

Cherry Blossom Haiku:

Night is silent now
petals on the path glimmer
against the wet black

Ann Cherryman, Tucson, Arizona

Birds and bees rejoice!
Radiant cherry blossoms
Signaling rebirth.

- J. Lyon
Accident, MD

Explosions light skies
Iraq Afghanistan How
Can we think of blooms