spring crocus

Tell Me Why This Hurry

Tell Me Why This Hurry
by Julia Hartwig

The lindens are blossoming the lindens have lost their blossoms
and this flowery procession moves without any restraint
Where are you hurrying lilies of the valley jasmines
petunias lilacs irises roses and peonies
Mondays and Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays
nasturtiums and gladioli zinnias and lobelias
yarrow dill goldenrod and grasses
flowery Mays and Junes and Julys and Augusts
lakes of flowers seas of flowers meadows
holy fires of fern one-day grails
Tell me why this hurry where are you rushing
in a cherry blizzard a deluge of greenness
all with the wind racing in one direction only
crowns proud yesterday today fallen into sand
eternal desires passions mistresses of destruction

photograph by HMMooreNiver

spring crocuses

Of course, fickle old March could not abide the rousing chorus

of spring peepers that grew in strength and sublime harmony each night this week.

No.

She flings snow on us.

But these crocuses stand strong. And so do the peepers. I can hear singing even now.