thus has may begun
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All articles filed in spring
april day
a rustle, a roar
branches sway, cottonwood leaves
shimmer in the wind
A cake for spring dreaming
As soon as our city’s stay-at-home protocols went into effect in March, I developed a manic craving for lemon-elderflower-flavored things.
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Books to warm your heart
These are old favorites (or new/newer favorites) that I come back to again and again because they only get better with re-reading. They’re cozy, funny, heart-warming, uplifting, maybe even inspiring.
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speedwell
i took a walk today a brisk huff ‘n’ puff up the hill and round the block to wake drowsing limbs from the torpor of sitting over-long at a desk and exorcise the mania of a mind too long confined between four walls as i walked along a mist hissed half-heartedly in my face the…
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two for joy
there’s warmth in the breezes
and dew on the grass
whisp’ring spring will soon be here
the ash seed
the wind was wild today
rocking the trees to and fro
the colors of sunday
the world is awash in cream and lavender the invading violets have marched across the lawn flanking the driveway in a company of purple and circling the tree in the meadow in a fairy ring of amethyst and white beyond the fence the neighbor’s lilac is just starting to break into bloom; the fruit trees…
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the grub worm redeemed
what is the grub worm?
a blind, bloated, pale, writhing, wriggling mess
hyacinthine
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. Carl Sandburg
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