Saturday, March 31, 2012

The March Hare's trickery:

Two weeks of warmth

Then - snap!

rose leaves drink the snow drops

maple flowers backlit warm red defy the cold

frogs awakened to swimming

crawl silently under muddy leaf blankets

rhododendron leaves grumble curling into themselves . . .

April is so close . . .

Trying to write that poem a day

I am asking my students to write every day. I should be able to do this myself!














Joy

Like the First Day colorful birds burst from hidden places among the branches soar across the water hover to savor  and absorb all that they...