The Cherry Trees
By Laurence Binyon
Out of the dusk of distant woods
All round the April skies
Blossom-white, the cherry trees
Like lovely apparitions rise
Like spirits strange to this ill world,
White strangers from a world apart,
Like silent promises of peace,
Like hope that blossoms in the heart
© Laurence Binyon
About the poet: Binyon (1861-1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. His most famous poem, “For the Fallen”, was written in response to the battle of the Marne in 1914 and its tribute to all casualties of was continues to be an integral part of annual WWI remembrance services in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.