Edward Thomas 'The Cherry Trees'

Edward Thomas : The Cherry Trees

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.

From Trees Be Company, an anthology of poetry chosen by Angela King and Susan Clifford as a celebration of our long and deep cultural relationship with trees and woods. Published by Green Books in the UK, £9.95. ISBN 1 870098 97 8

Trees Be Company is one of three poetry anthologies from Common Ground, the others are The River's Voice and Field Days. They are available as a boxed set: contact us for more information: email info [at] commonground.org.uk.