Tulip people aren’t Crocus people. They don’t tweet out slapdash signals of spring at February’s first foray into the 50s. Tulip people are distinct from the Daffodil crowd— apart and unmoved, apparently unheralded by spring’s delirious drum majors and clamorous countryside. Tulip people aren’t Hyacinth hipsters or Snowdrop snobs, norContinue reading “Tulip People”
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Magnolia Buds
Hang on, Magnolia buds, My dears! Hang on, Magnolia buds! Bear with this ill-timed Arctic air Withstand this undue frost. Nor let us come April into And fail to find thee there. March 28, 2022
In His Time
Every year I marvel more and more at how long it takes for the Aster and the Goldenrod to bloom. Think back to when you saw your first blossom of Spring. Maybe it was a Crocus against your house, or perhaps you spied Snowdrops in Central Park. But now, in the damp of an autumnContinue reading “In His Time”
Chicory
Ode to the summer roadside’s unassuming garland
To the Forgotten Lady
Every year,
at about this time…
…it happens that
I beg forgiveness of a tree