Cherries in June

A poem by Rivkah Lambert Adler

After the chuppah,

life’s rhythm restored,

it was just a bare tree

in our yard

that first winter.

Already Sivan when we

discovered its sweet surprise

Cherries in June –

laugh with juicy, red pleasure.

Like us –

an ordinary tree

but then,

cherries!

Blessing unearned.

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Rivkah Lambert Adler works as a freelance writer. After an extensive career in college administration, she moved to Israel with her family in 2010. She is an expert on the non-Jewish awakening to Torah happening today and has published several books on the topic.

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