Apple Spring

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Joanna M. Weston

Good Friday precedes Easter Sunday. In other words, dark times are followed by joy, clouds by sunshine, night by day, tears by laughter. Just the way it is: the changes guaranteed by life. So, we’ll survive Good Friday, and have a Happy Easter …

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APPLE SPRING

the apple tree   shy                                         IMG_6571 apple blossom
with closed blossom
waits until
I am not looking

it stirs
flexes a little

branches edge
with white flowers
surprise muted
at the swiftness
of arrival

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About Joanna M. Weston

Born in England, she lives in British Columbia. She is married with three sons, Joanna has an MA from the University of British Columbia. She has published in numerous anthologies and in magazines in Canada, the US, UK, and New Zealand, such as Canadian Women's Studies, Convolvus, Endless Mountains Review, Grain, Green's Magazine, Prairie Fire, Spin, Wascana Review, CBC Gallery, and many more...
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