by Carol Schoen
Twice exiled, not yet at home
in the park, the tree
remembers the dappled light
of India
remembers the prayers
the marigolds
orange and red
garlands strewn
among the fallen leaves
home now almost forgotten
in an almost forgotten park
but the faithful found it
prayers send from here
the hare krishna tree
a small sign pasted crooked
for fifty years
the hare kishna tree
they come here to pray
Carol Schoen wrote her first poems for Sarah White’s study group and has been chugging along happily ever since.