From Blossoms
From blossoms comes
this brown paper bag of peaches
we bought from the boy
at the bend in the road where we turned toward
signs painted Peaches.
From laden boughs, from hands,
from sweet fellowship in the bins,
comes nectar at the roadside, succulent
peaches we devour, dusty skin and all,
comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat.
O, to take what we love inside,
to carry within us an orchard, to eat
not only the skin, but the shade,
not only the sugar, but the days, to hold
the fruit in our hands, adore it, then bite into
the round jubilance of peach.
There are days we live
as if death were nowhere
in the backgroud; from joy
to joy to joy, from wing to wing,
from blossom to blossom to
impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.
Li-Young Lee, From Rose
* Happy Birthday, Mum. I love you xo
Very sweet!
Beautiful.
that photo of you are your mum….just gorgeous. {i miss mine every single day} happy birthday to your beautiful mum – xo
Wonderful! I cherish the memories of my Mum, there is just nothing that compares with that love.
so gorgeous
that was sweet, beautiful mom
your mum is SO beautiful.
obviously inside and out :)
xo
This is soo sweet and beautiful. Your mama is very pretty. Have a lovely merry happy weekend!
she’s gorgeous!
and now we know where *you* get if from ;)
hugs and happy bday to your mum.
Vx
This may sound very strange coming from largely a lurker (couple of comments here and there) but I dreamt about you, your sister and your mother a few nights ago. We were camping, watching stars that raced across the sky forming outlines of animal shapes and joining in with happy revellers who were having a party in the dark. I had a lovely time with lovely people.
Beautiful post and beautiful portraits too :)
Your mom seems like such a lovely person.
Just found your blog, and I am mowed down by your poetry section—so many beautiful poems–the videos of you reading are very powerful! I’ve read this poem by Li-Young Lee before, and that third stanza just about knocks me out every time! Thank you!
What a gorgeous blog! My friend just sent it along and you’ve gained a new reader!
that photo is the most beautiful I have ever seen…oh the love, the joy. I can FEEL it.
Great poem and beautiful mum.