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SPRING COMES SLOWLY Spring comes slowly in these parts ~            Like an old woman in the produce aisle,            hungry for new asparagus and fiddleheads            suspicious of bright strawberries            too soon, too soon Spring comes slowly […]

THE  LYRICS OF SPRING   Melting. The thick crust of winter      that crystallized life      holding it captive Is broken. In its place run      splashing veins of ice water Between the rocks Along the paths All singing their freedom In voices that challenge     the pounding of the sea. […]

  The Moon to Her Godchild                      On the birthnight of her seventh year the child, Selene, has escaped to the tree-circled pond where she and her namesake meet.  Tonight she finds a gift of twisted silver, kneeling, immerses her arm to receive it, circlet of light, […]