Sonnet For Kelly

SONNET FOR KELLY The Spring has come a little late this year Siberian winds and rain have chilled the soul Though calendar proclaimed that April’s here No tiny leaves yet rimmed the Elm tree bole * But One brought inner Spring to heart and mind And raised the spirits strength to face our chore Providing us a warmth for which we pined Then gave us boost that we might start to soar With raven hair and sparking ebon eye A glittering jewel on grey cold cloth she shon Then life here was revived till by and bye The long awaited Spring gave a new dawn So we’ll recall long after our departs How she allayed the cold and warmed our hearts April 2018 * Reference to Robert Browning poem: ‘Home thoughts from abroad’