Turkey Tracks: March 9, 2020
Celebrating Spring Snow Drops
The Snow Drops are here—at least in some warm, sunny places.
I have not seem mine yet up here on the hill, but Lion Jerry Stone has some, which gives us all joy.
He celebrated with this message and picture.
Thanks Jerry!
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February 29, 2020
Fine friends & friendly foe,
Nothing more excites me as March crawls closer to introduce Maine to spring than the precious, plucky snowdrops along the front cellar wall at Bette’s & my modest Camden home. Few things in life attempt “gilding the lily”, for they are themselves already perfect. And so, annually, snowdrops revive my restless soul & poetic pursuit. Enjoy my early spring welcome with picture & poetry.
This Leap Year spring arrives on March 19th.
Blessings to all who hope & dream!
Jerry Stone
Oh, Brave Snowdrops Now Here!
by Jerry Stone, 2.29.20
Oh, gentle & glad surprise!
Oh, now-exposed, perennial plant pals.
Oh, slender & slim, at-risk snowdrops.
Oh, cute cotton swabs just before green flap & flower.
Oh, feeble friends, sneaking up this hardest early hour
In February’s frosty earth this Leap Year Day.
Among snow & stone & lazy tannic leaf you lay.
Oh, surprising bloom, Heaven-sent & hope-filled!
You signal mild winter’s end & salute spring’s slow start.
Oh, modest firstborn, oh, feeble firstling, “lily gild”,
By example, I’m also here, vulnerable but humble in heart.
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