It’s that time of year
when blossom sprouts
from barest branch
bigger than blossom
substantial as a cup
the waxy magnolia
filters the spring light
we made a game
to spot a tree
scoring a point
for each
and should we
come upon
the one named Stellata
we’d give ourselves a four
C r a f t y P e o p l e ---- confessions of a lapsed reader 
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