A.F. KING
Clock Counting·Section III

POEM + BLOOM

Pink PopcornTrees

Washington’s cherry blossoms as jubilant abundance, civic memory, spring persistence, and petals laid down over crooked roads.

AUTHOR NARRATION

Hear the poem.

Read by A.F. King in the original English.

Pink Popcorn TreesA.F. King · English narration

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Find the blossoms.

The map begins at the Tidal Basin, the most recognizable center of Washington’s cherry-blossom landscape.

INTERACTIVE MAPTidal Basin cherry blossoms, Washington, DC

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STREET VIEW

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PERSONAL ARCHIVE

The trees as they were seen.

Use your own photographs or appropriately shared photographs from friends, with permission and credits recorded.

Personal photograph of Washington cherry blossoms.
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Cherry blossoms

Personal or friend-supplied photograph.

A second personal photograph of cherry blossoms in Washington.
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Pink canopy

A second view of the bloom.

A third photograph of Washington cherry blossoms.
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Petals and road

A detail or wider city view corresponding to the poem’s closing imagery.

READER DISCUSSION

Which annual sight still feels improbable every year?

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