I've Been Waiting for the Crocuses

I've been waiting for the crocuses

to poke their tender shoots

through frozen earth mud

and point the way skyward

until the warm kiss of spring

causes them to swell

and burst forth in bloom

with petal colors like confetti

strewn across the lawn.

~Kathie Adams Brown (3-7-11)

Crocuses in my backyard 3-18-11

Twilight, Gray Light

Twilight,
Gray Light,
Trees toss,
Birds cross,
Skyway,
Highway,
for all creatures
with wings!

~Kathie Adams Brown

Skywatch Friday

The Barren Beauty

In the barren beauty of the bog
life stirs
beneath the silver frozenness
spring's warmth is waiting
to melt and caress
the earth's stubby face.

In the forest the trees blush
red, then lime green with new
shoots tender and translucent;
the birds return with songs
bursting in their breasts,
and nesting materials in their beaks,
and eggs warm in the nest.

~Kathie Adams Brown (3-7-11)