Then May!

Happy, Happy 

Sweet-sweet welcome,

May!!

A few first day of May thrills...

We weathered the tether

Of parka-mitt weather

We shoveled and shoveled some more

We hailed snowflake-choirs

And stoked smoky fires

And wished old Man Winter would snore

We pined for first flowers

Withstood pelting showers

In hopes of a grand hip-hooray

Because always after

The storm spills the laughter

Because first comes April

Then May

We dreamed in full color

And planned garden-splendour

(No aphids to vex fantasy)

We endured the mayhem

Of March-April tantrums

Knowing that what must be must be

We baked till the oven

Protested the lovin’

Of bread, bun and muffin foray

We shook the dust-bunnies

From book-nooks and crannies

Because first spring-cleaning

Then May

We pored over packets

Forgot last year’s headaches

That planting is certain to bring

We flung windows widely

Then drew them shut tightly

With blue lips and teeth chattering

We busied our fingers

While dizzy with hunger

For blossomed and sun-warm entrée

We waited and waited

Till one morn, elated

April turned a corner

 Then May

© Janet Martin



Enough...

We sprawl ‘neath a shawl

of bottomless blue sky

And soak in a sauna

of sun

It is enough

Enough, we sigh

To know spring fought winter

And won

We take to the yard

All poets at heart

Whether we admit it 

or not

Imbibed with a sheen

Of countryside-wide green 

The shiver of winter

(almost) Forgot

© Janet Martin

Last night the stars fell

in violets

Dotting a sky of green

I tiptoe

For fear I will

wake up

And find it was only

A dream

 © Janet Martin