Sakura Trick

Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. #NoticePoems

Sakura Trick


sakura have this trick they play
whenever clouds bleach the sky—
a basic means of camouflage
that makes blossoms go invisible
as if the petals aren’t all hovering
above us soon to fall like snow


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Notice Poems—A National Poetry Month poem series by author Holly Thompson relating to the verse novel Falling Into the Dragon’s Mouth, set in Kamakura, Japan. 
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