Spring Rebirth Sonnet
Quiet please dulcet winter’s wind clatter
Let sun shine, snows melt to lace, crocus be.
No howls, blinding blizzards, hail shatter,
Let land seep water and lake birds see.
I want a chiffon of lemon grass buds
and to shed sweaters and slippers and vests.
Cleanse the soot from walks with soapy suds.
Breathe fresh air warm with sun without tests.
I have given my prayers for hunger and peace
thanked my gifts, set out new starts.
I have measured my corn to fatten geese.
The barn is dank and gloomy with stale farts.
Restart year. Seed the babies, feed the living.
Now's time of resurrection and giving.
Copyright © Sheri Fresonke Harper | Year Posted 2019
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