the first tulip bloomed today,
golden as butter,
and i wished i could show you
its delicately frilled petals

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spirea

at the little grey house on the corner
the spirea has begun to bloom,
delicate white blossoms creeping mistily down its long, slender branches.

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april showers

after weeks of dry weather —
or merely a tease of moisture in the form of fog
or snow or sleet or drizzle —
the spring skies have finally broken open

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ghost falls ii

the winds scrapes rough on bleaching bone
and the whitened trunks of weathered trees

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thorn

in the poppy bed
there’s a stubborn weed
i never can seem to kill

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