Blossoming Memories

Yoko Ono’s Wish Trees Garden growing in the Arlington Garden, Pasadena.

POETRY CORNER↓

– 5/20/15

Peggy Hale Bilbro

right here
in this sheltered dell
I will plant a tree
the width
of my love

Peggy Hale Bilbro is a retired Spanish teacher living in Alabama. She has written poetry for many years, finding inspiration in everything from the cosmos, to family, to a fallen leaf.

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Alex Nodopaka

I love the silent drumming of

Lala Dee Boomboo Tralala.
Its decibel level echoes silently
off my tympanic membrane.
Only my right one.
Just thinking aloud, mind you!
And in my left ear I hear
the thump of a crashing
just planted memoriam tree.

Alex Nodopaka was born but is not yet departed. He says “My car and I had the thrill to drive through the Wawona Tree in Yosemite Valley eons ago, [now a memorial location for the historical redwood]. It was a virginal experience for both of us, especially for my 1957 Ford Fairlane azul blue convertible with white vinyl upholstery & white wall tires & gold plated chrome trims”.

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Pont Neuf Memorial Garden, Paris, France. (Watercolor by Ron Libbrecht).

Roy Kindelberger

i planted the seeds
watered and pulled weeds
and waited
then i stopped waiting
and blossomed

Roy Kindelberger, of Bothell, Washington, likes to write about small moments in time. “It’s like a picture made with words”.

 ! Photo 1: Wish Tree for Pasadena was a 2008 art installation that consists of 21 living crape myrtle trees installed amongst the café tables and chairs in the Courtyard of One Colorado. After it closed, some of the the trees were given to the Arlington Garden. Photo collage 2015, by Rick Wilson, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Caltech; artist, antique flute collector and player.

! Photo 2: Artist Ron Libbrecht grew up in Southern California. He owns APC Gallery in Torrance CA , and a frequent visitor to Pasadena, where he has inspired and welcomed Poets on Site in his Gallery.

! We welcome and encourage your response especially in the form of short poems. You may reply by leaving a comment below. The Poetry Corner is hosted by Kathabela Wilson.