Under a cherry tree

A blossoming cherry tree in the garden of an Art Deco home


“O Cherry Tree! O Cherry Tree!
That Spring-time was so fair:
Thy boughs were a white heaven to me,
For He was there.

O Cherry Tree, glad Cherry Tree!
He said my red lips were
Richer than thy ripe fruit: ah me!
He kiss’d me there.

O Cherry Tree, sad Cherry Tree!
Now are thy branches bare:
The leafless boughs repeat to me —
He is not there.”

(W.J. Linton in Under a cherry tree)
Liège (B)

On the barricades?

A statue for two philanthropists near cultural center "Barricade"


“Barefooted and naked of breast,
I mingle with the people of the world.
My clothes are ragged and dust-laden,
and I am ever blissful.
I use no magic to extend my life;
Now, before me, the dead trees become alive.”

(Nyogen Senzaki/ Paul Reps in Zen Flesh, Zen Bones)
Liège (B)

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