FOUR HAIKU FOR SPRING – MARJORY BATES PRATT

 FOUR HAIKU FOR SPRING                                 

Why these thoughts of spring?

    Is it the smell of the air,

           the light on the snow?

                      ***

 For spring gardening,     

      to shake out the dried loam

           from last fall’s shoes.

                     ***

Clear weather at last!

     The gray hills are green again 

          & five miles nearer.

                    ***

He lies in the grass

    & feels the kite above him

          tugging at the string.

Marjory Bates Pratt