Time to spring into SpringMakes you want to dance and singIt puts spring in every stepYou’re full of energy and pep It’s time to turn ahead the clockYou’ll want to buy a lacy frockThings to do—set a goalWeather’s nice, just take a stroll After winter’s long doldrumsWe can’t wait for spring to […]
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Below is a German poem I used to love as a teenager, with a professional translation and my own very loose one. ∼ Er ist’s ∼ Frühling läßt sein blaues BandWieder flattern durch die Lüfte;Süße, wohlbekannte DüfteStreifen ahnungsvoll das Land.Veilchen träumen schon,Wollen balde kommen.– Horch, von fern ein leiser Harfenton!Frühling, ja du bist’s!Dich […]
February, oh FebruaryA month of doom and gloomCertainly in my cold heartFor you there’s little room Your skies are always steely grayGrass so brown and trees so bareGroundhog Phil emerges grumpyAbout his shadow he doesn’t care Twenty-eight days are long enoughTo endure your drearinessAnd hasten the countdownTo Spring’s more cheeriness […]
Springis that you?The warmth I feel from the sunthe clear sky,lounging on my porchwith no mittensno hatno heavy coatto keep the cold away? So nice and peacefulnot battling the cold. But… is this just a tease?Springare you teasing us?And you, Winterwill you returnwith your cold, icy darknessthat robs meof warmth? […]
Geraniums for my MamaGeraniums we growWe watch them all summerIn the stone pots down below 50 some years those pots they sitSo strong, so still,Watching our livesNear the steps down the hill The secrets, the stories, those stone pots could tellLike an interesting book, one we know so wellOn porch […]