A Touch of Spring

Spring crocus (Click picture for larger view)

Spring slattern of seasons
you have soggy legs
and a muddy petticoat
drowsy

is your hair your
eyes are sticky with
dream and you have a sloppy body from

being brought to bed of crocuses
when you sing in your whisky voice
the grass rises on the head of the earth
and all the trees are put on edge

spring
of the excellent jostle of
thy hips
and the superior

~ e. e. cummings, from Spring Omnipotent Goddess Thou

"If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall." ~ Nadine Stair

The crocus and daffodil are blooming; the maple and plum trees are budding and blooming; the wild violets and dandelions abound. It is spring. I just wish someone would tell the North Wind!

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