“The Red House” by Judith Donaghy
the smallest of frogs
keep evening large and alive
we sleep soundly
Spring
All posts tagged Spring
“Springtime Landscape” by Rami Benatar
winter carried by
Demeter’s grief
on a litter of snow
till Persephone
rises from Hades
with fruit in her
womb and the
flowers of spring
in her radiant hair
(originally posted December 2013)
“Row Boat No. 3” by Delilah Smith
lake ice nearly gone
boats shiver in their moorage
heron bide their time
“Winter Steam Study” by Karen Margulis
snowcover melting
voice of an infinite thaw
speaks from the streams
“Pine Trees and Snow” by Joy Nichols
(After Wordsworth’s “Splendour in the Grass”)
spring delayed
suits my mood
not yet ready
to take on
renewal
too old
too depleted
to face
starting over
but not even
stubborn old men
can intimidate time
spring will come
change the winter
to water
send it running
down cheeks
of my mountain
swelling streams
of my years
adding rush
to the rapids
of rivers
en route to
oblivious seas
an unstoppable flow
under force of
ambivalent gravity
pulling on me
taking with it
the stones
of my yesterdays
life as I lived it
my season
of splendor
at one with
immaculate
pine scented snow
“Abstract Chaos” by Jennifer Tonya Clayton
unspent winter fury
unleashed upon spring
snowdrops and violets
confused by the calendar
vie for safe haven
beneath brusque abuse
of a blinding white wind
broken sightlines
lost traces of tracks
unto summer leave
seasons uncertain
too cold to remember
their proper progression
their rota of primacy
woe to the trained
mind of time and
assiduous habits of men
disconcerted put off
their perpetual regimen
caught in a special insanity
conscious of chaos
pregnant with threat of
the worst kind of change
a state in which
God only knows
what comes next
“Stream Through a Summer Landscape” by Olive Parker Black
June ushers warmth
through corridors of spring rain
lodging in grassy rooms
