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!














Day 11: Bird Story

the morning sun reaches the upper branches of our oak in silhouette but not yet lit perches a bird a mockingbird I decide the head - shoulde...