Sneak-peek at Spring Things

 Four more sleeps till the first day of spring!!

Soon earth will burst with garden rooms

Forsythia and dogwood plumes

Tulips and daffodils will stroll

Like little girls across the knoll

And heaven will tip welkin jars

To dapple dells with violet stars

And orchard thoroughfares will tease

Noses with heady blossom breeze

And honey bees will buzz and hum

From lilac to geranium

And rose buds will spill miracles

And trees will hoist lace parasols

And woodland citadels will ring

With feathered throngs that sing and sing

And brooks will tumble out to the sea

With a refurbished melody

And raindrop tap dancers will waltz

And puppies will turn somersaults

...and puddles will be full of feet

Where almost-heaven and earth meet

And housewives will fling windows wide

To welcome the outdoors inside

And farmers will stoke dusty slopes

While planting seed-sized prayers and hopes

And children, like colored balloons

Will swing away warm afternoons

And laundry lines will be a string 

Of motley banners, fluttering

And the air will kindle a grin

That starts somewhere beneath our skin 

And life will be sweeter because

Spring fills the world where winter was

© Janet Martin