Hanami
By Ed Wright
Published 26 October 2023
The drift and pirouette of the pink snowflakes,
the clusters of them spent on the ground and stacked by the wind.
Over to the right a student spewing sake and takoyaki,
under our tree a romance brewing
subtly waiting for right moment
to disappear undetected and become
a tangle of flesh in a love hotel.
Spring fever, new beginnings, and the cherry blossoms
a beautiful reminder of death, not as the enemy,
but as a guide to elegant living.