Looking for Spring

Ciel February 5, 2020 Leave a comment

FIRST

The longer day
grows it, cell by cell,
pushing upwards
through the forest mould
insistent…

Rising warmth
unfurls it–bashful
but persistent–
into the last
of winter’s chill:

Shy and white,
a single
dog’s-tooth violet.

2009

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