“The World’s Oldest Cherry Tree Is Alive and Well but Barely Able to Walk” by Maya Janson

A poem by alum Maya Janson (poetry, ’06) appears at Guernica:

Word is, the villagers have fashioned special sticks to prop it up,
to keep its 1000-year-old hat from falling to the ground.

Everyone wants to picnic beneath its waterfall
and laugh about the petals that fall into their drinks.

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