The blackbirds declare
them an unlikely pair:
the quince tree with her
hunchback of a trunk
and gnarly branches
and the ivy-covered plum,
all winter silhouetted against
a cloudy sky. Now blossom
crowns them with haloes of white
blessed with spring sunlight.
Kim M. Russell, 31st March 2021
My response to Poets and Storytellers United Weekly Scribblings #63: Trees
Rommy says that one of the things she likes doing in early spring is ‘watching the local trees as they slowly begin to wake up after their winter sleep’. This week, she would like us to use the word ‘tree’ as a seed for our word art. I went out to take a photograph of our quince and plum trees, but the blossoms are not quite open yet. I found the image of quince blossom on dreamstime.com.
writing in north norfolk 
Oh, you make them sound so unique, and lovely in their own ways, I would love to see a picture of them some time.
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Thank you, Risemary. I’ll take some photos to post on Facebook. (I typed Farcebook!)
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Love this, can’t stop taking photos of the blossom at the moment!
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Thank you so much! I’m waiting for the cherry to blossom now.
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Even though it is Autumn in Australia we still have most of year productive with a comparatively short winter and many of our native trees not shedding their leaves.
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Bloomeriffic, KR.
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Thanks Ron!
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I love how you’ve made the trees into spring saints. I almost see the images here as stained glass pieces. Really gorgeous.
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Thanks so much, Rommy!
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Kim, I like how you made the black bird to be judge of the blossoming of the trees. We had three huge flowering ornamental pear trees in our former front lawn, we miss seeing them. This year our orange tree froze in our single digit ff and supposedly have died. We will miss these also.
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Thank you, Jim. I’m sorry about your trees.
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nice – I heard the black birds for the first time this year this morning.
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An unlikely pair becomes a beautiful pairing in your poem.
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Thank you, Helen.
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Beautiful images Kim. Happy Wednesday
much love…
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Thank you, Gillena, Happy 1st April!
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An unlikely pair indeed! I’ve never seen a quince tree (or at least don’t think so). I love the buds of spring. Thanks for the photo.
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Thank you for reading and commenting, Yvonne.
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I love that first sentence and the lovely description of the unlikely pair.
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Thank you, Debi!
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I apologize for my tardy response to your lovely poem. A beautiful Spring pairing!
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Thank you! No apology needed, Bev. I’m always behind with reading and commenting.😊
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I enjoyed the blackbirds and blooms signifying your spring. Our red-winged blackbirds are our first sign of spring but the fruit tree blooms are yet to arrive. This can be a good thing in case a freeze returns.
Thank you for reminding us that spring is a wonderful time of the year with such things to see
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Thank you, Joel, for reading and commenting.
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