The Spring
by Delmore Schwartz
(After Rilke)
Spring has returned! Everything has returned!
The earth, just like a schoolgirl, memorizes
Poems, so many poems. ... Look, she has learned
So many famous poems, she has earned so many prizes!
Teacher was strict. We delighted in the white
Of the old man's beard, bright like the snow's:
Now we may ask which names are wrong, or right
For "blue," for "apple," for "ripe." She knows, she knows!
Lucky earth, let out of school, now you must play
Hide-and-seek with all the children every day:
You must hide that we may seek you: we will! We will!
The happiest child will hold you. She knows all the things
You taught her: the word for "hope," and for "believe,"
Are still upon her tongue. She sings and sings and sings.
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| Daffodil in the snow |
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| View from my study window earlier this week. |
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| Flocks of robins have filled the trees lately. |
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| And even more robins. These are catching the evening sun just before sunset. |
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| The early flowers are coming out in the yard. |
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| These cardinals were in the neighbor's trees. |
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| ....until I startled them, when the male flew away. | | | | | | |
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Speaking of spring as an awakening, I'll introduce the last photo with a poem about coffee by Karen Suriano, from the website
CocoaJava- Coffee Poetry
before first sip, much was maligned
but after, my outlook is realigned
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| Grasping for the coffee cup, early in the morning. |
