Happy Spring Greeting

Happy First Day of Spring! Gramma finally relented a few days ago(because we were only a few sleeps away from the date circled on the calendar) when granddaughter was promised she could finally use 'her favorite teapot') We garnished our mint-leaf tea with dried marigold and recalled the day we harvested them while dreaming of delightful garden days to come... The sun tangles in tresses, still barren, where spring’s debutCaresses sod and soul with notes of an emerging tune... The sun tangles in tresses, still barren, where spring’s debutCaresses sod and soul with notes of an emerging tuneHope and delight ignite ballads of blossoms coming trueContentment like a butterfly breaks from winter’s cocoonAnd joy peals from a belfry that we sense but cannot see The breezes tease us with visions of verdant countrysideHillsides and brook banks beckon us to linger on earth’s loomTo revel in impressions of a trove of gates flung wideAs buds begin to breathe and bulging bulbs burst into bloomAnd robins sing a song of spring and Reason dares to danceAs gladness finds fresh anchors in life’s sea of circumstance The snow recedes like ebbing tides from winter-weary shoresDawn is an eager child dashing across time’s gleaming sandsDreams tiptoe, careful not to arouse Old Man Winter's snoresWe, well aware of streets soon winnowed by time’s gleaning handsGrapple once more with tug of wars, beauty and duty spunOn how to make the most of moments melting in the sun © Janet Martin For, lo, the winter is past,The rain is over and gone;The flowers appear on the earth;The time of the singing of birds is come,And the voice of the turtleIs heard in our land;The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,And the vines with the tender grapeGive a good smell.Song of Solomon 2:11-13