FIRST The longer daygrows it, cell by cell,pushing upwardsthrough the forest mouldinsistent… Rising warmthunfurls it–bashfulbut persistent–into the lastof winter’s chill: Shy and white,a singledog’s-tooth violet. 2009
personal/social/political philosophy & opinion–sometimes in poetry
FIRST The longer daygrows it, cell by cell,pushing upwardsthrough the forest mouldinsistent… Rising warmthunfurls it–bashfulbut persistent–into the lastof winter’s chill: Shy and white,a singledog’s-tooth violet. 2009