Cherries in June
- Rivkah Lambert Adler
- Apr 2
- 1 min read
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.
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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I loved this. Made me think of Cherries In The Snow, the Revlon, long discontinued lipstick my mother always wore. Thank you for the sweet memory. Hope you write more for Jean. :)