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Oddling tree--no blossom
Dorothy Doyle Mienko
I beg them to save the blue
spruce with two tops-
to dig it carefully from the ground
protecting its roots: to replant it for me.
When winter comes, snow will settle
onto its branches-
sparrows will shelter
inside its covers.
The spirits in the spirit house
will put off their hungers
to listen as wind
billows its skirts.
And the stars: they
will not forget to drop
a shine over its needles.
This tree, I tell them,
is like lovers with nothing
but distance between them.
Dorothy Doyle Mienko's poetry has appeared in online and in print
journals such as: Niederngasse, Stirring, Two River View, Adirondak Review, Miller's Pond, Sometimes City, and in many others. Her poetry has been translated and published internationally. She is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee living in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband; they have no cats.
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