Loveliest of Trees

by A E Houseman
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now,
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing pink for Eastertide

Now, of my threescore years and ten ..(true)
Twenty will not come again
And take from seventy springs a score
It only leaves me fifty more

And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow

[Linda Lorraine]

I love this beautiful place -- looks like a fairy tale that I'd like to be a part of

[Tessa]

very pretty place to visit.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Kimberly Balychev]

Oh what a lovely capture! Looks like something from the a magical place ;) Wonderful processing and softness. And fitting words as well :)

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Frida]

Love that poem Maggie, such beautiful cadence to it, and the photo to go with it - soft and dreamy. Beautiful!
I notice that the rest of the poetry club have tagged theirs differently ie; inserting the words between '...' without the hyphen between the words, so I changed mine too...

[Penny Milner]

very pretty!

[Maggiemae]

@pennymilner This was in the Public Gardens Penny,... I crept along the pond looking for a duck but they all flew away in horror at a photographer in their private place!

[Maggiemae]

@frida So does it matter, Frida! As long as it goes in the right place! I think you have set the cat amongst the pigeons here! Love the diversity!

[Huda Morcos]

Lovely spring shot and words, beautiful processing too!

[Chris]

So beautiful flowers and reflections! FAV for me.

[Maggiemae]

@chrismarfil Thank you Chris - do you know the poem? It is great to hear all the poems on this "the poetry club!

[Maggiemae]

@frida It seems to put the words in different places in the tag, Frida! Maybe just quote marks, start and end?

[Frida]

@maggiemae it's in the same page as all the others now Maggie, quotation marks does the job !

[Bep]

Lovely capture and poem!

[Deb]

I like the softness! Lovely poem too :)

[Rick Schies]

Very pretty in its colors, and also nice editing.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Lovely shot- can't wait for them to be blooming here! Also a very nice addition to the Poetry Club!

[Mischell]

beautiful shot, looks like a lovely place to spend an afternoon.

[Mickey Anderson]

just fantastic ,I need to get back to Washington DC ,the blossoms are amazing there too

[Alison Miller]

So pretty and peaceful! Great colours too.

[Pat Knowles]

This is so beautiful Maggiemae it almost made me quite teary...could have been written for me too!!! I must check out this poetry club sounds intriguing!

[Carole Imes]

Instant fav......I love photos like this. Beautiful poem to go with it.

[Myrna O'Hara]

Gorgeous, so well done. fav

[MaryBeth Dailey]

LOVE the photo! LOVE The poem! Just a joy to read and see this today! I love it. Fav

[Mary]

Absolulely gorgeous! FAV