Nature
The Cherry Trees
From Collected Poems (1920)
Nature
The cherry trees bend over and are shedding
On the old road where all that passed are dead,
Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding
This early May morn when there is none to wed.
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Thomas, Edward. “The Cherry Trees.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/60/.
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Thomas, Edward. “The Cherry Trees.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/60/.
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