Once again, Georgia Heard’s newsletter delivers a wealth of prompts for writing. On Sundays I tutor a young writer. She is such a delight. This week she was eating cherries from her own cherry tree. I knew we had to include this in her poem, so I turned to Georgia’s poem “What the Trees Know.”
When writing poetry from the heart, you must turn to what you know. Amoret knows cherry trees. As I wrote beside her, I wrote about cypress trees. What tree would you write about?
I am pleased to share Amoret’s poem today. Her writing fills me with poetic-teacher joy. She has few inhibitions about putting words to paper and was happy for me to share her poem.
What Does the Cherry Tree Know?
A cherry tree knows how
To dance in the wind freely
And joyfully. The cherry tree knows
How to drink from its
Roots. To us, how it drinks
May seem fast, but to the tree
It’s like a walk in the
Park. The cherry tree
Gets showered by a hose
Rarely, but mostly the
Rain. When we say “Oh no,
It’s a-raining!” cherries are
Showering and drinking.By Amoret, 9 years old
Reflections on the Teche 
Kid poems are such fun. Thanks for sharing.
Great poem about a cherry tree. I started thinking about the apricot tree in our yard on the farm. We climbed its limbs a lot. Poor tree. We loved the evergreen tree that shaded the merry go round, but it was so NOT a climbing tree!
Joyful poem! Love the image of the cherries showering and drinking.
Margaret,
Clearly, you are an amazing teacher and mentor for this budging poet. I completely forgot I was reading a child’s poem. The poem is so good. I love this positive poetic reflection on rain.