TREES

Gladys K. Conrad

 

Plum blossoms as a cloud of snow

Shower the ground in gentleness

Green, pink and white surprise

An unhappy heart

 

Feather duster palm trees

Look down in stilted superiority

Drop a frond or two

Boats for child’s play

 

Magnolias, sublimely elegant

Generous in their open buds

Release a fragrance to

Transcend the mundane