Twelve Hokku on a Canadian Theme 5
The sugar maples ... Benevolent goddesses Who offer honey.
Louise Morey Bowman
The sugar maples ... Benevolent goddesses Who offer honey.
The speaker looks at sugar maples with quiet wonder and gratitude. Instead of ordinary trees, she sees them as kind, generous goddesses. Their offering isn’t literal honey, but the sweet sap that becomes maple syrup—a golden gift from the Canadian landscape.
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