First Signs of Spring

Blue and gray canopy 

laden with showers

Bashful green filigree 

kindled with flowers...

Landscapes the color of weathered burlap...

Bird-warble wakening earth from its nap...

Robins return with their antics and lays...

Treetops still barren are ringing with praise...

Bleak garden canvases start beckoning

Exciting artists with first signs of spring...

Blue and gray canopy laden with showers

Bashful green filigree kindled with flowers

Lengthening daylight and dusk lingering

These are a few of the first signs of spring

Landscapes the color of weathered burlap

Bird-warble wakening earth from its nap

Stiff breeze and soft zephyr tug-of-warring

Thrilling our thoughts with the first signs of spring

Robins return with their antics and lays

Treetops still barren are ringing with praise

Bleak garden canvases start beckoning

Exciting artists with first signs of spring

Raindrops plip plop in a wild hip-hop dance

Sun-kisses tease eager hearts with romance

Sugar-shacks teem with maple-tree’s sweet fling

Drizzling warm pancakes with first signs of spring

Windows edge upward to let in fresh air

South-facing porches are graced with a chair

Pretty pussy-willow bouquets are purring

From front hall tables with first signs of spring

Refurbished rivulets ripple and glim

God, its great Maestro and joy, its glad hymn

Unfurled, like silver ribbon-song shimmering

Winding through meadows in first signs of spring

© Janet Martin

Pretty pussy-willow bouquets are purring

From front hall tables with first signs of spring...