Land – a poem by Jill Husser-Munro

Land 

Crates of ruby rhubarb, 		
at the city market,		
tall stalks of pink and green, 

sour soldiers of the spring,
born in lines beyond the village: 
light Rhineland soil, 	

come closer, 		
step past the conflicts, 
mind the fallen,

hear the cherry tree 
in its swirling cape of snow, 	
call us to the garden.	

Jill Husser-Munro grew up in the north of Scotland and has lived and worked in Strasbourg, France, for over thirty years. Her work has been published in Poetry Scotland, Amethyst Review, The Alchemy Spoon and Dreich Magazine.