Sakura Snow - A Poem for People Who Pass This Way

 Cherry Blossoms, Victoria BC

Gillian Cornwall, c. 2011

Sakura Snow

I passed a pom-pom poodle

rolling in sakura snow

pink licks on white

Do poodles bite?

His name "Fondant"

or "Cupcake"

or the like.

A child had chalked

upon a desk

an abandoned

roadside desk

in white on black

"Narwhal - Unicorn of the Sea"

My town

sensual circus

chalked flowers

coat the sidewalk

outside the IDA.

Elderly apparitions

of times gone by

tap my back

and winking, whisper,

"Carpe Diem - Seize the Day!

and don't forget

this was our town too

long, long before you.

This poodle,

this parade,

First People, 

I am belayed 

to wooden sidewalks

opium dens

gold and railway men

before this town was yours and mine

this town, this town

pink petals crossing time.

-Gillian Cornwall,  May 5, 2013.

With imagination, all is possible.

Gillian Cornwall, May 2013.

Victoria Day Parade, Victoria BC

c. Gillian Cornwall

Fan Tan Alley, Victoria, BC

Gillian Cornwall, c. 2011.

 Mount Baker, Victoria BC

Gillian Cornwall, c. April 2013.

Chinese Cemetery, Victoria BC

Gillian Cornwall, c. April 2013. 

Beautiful Old Buildings, Victoria, BC

Gillian Cornwall, c. 2011.