04.4.08 underrunning everything

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By noon, the ice as thin
as an eggshell veined to show
life seeping yellow,
one’s boots sink in
with a snap; the sap
underrunning everything

Spring Thaw in South Hadley by Mary Jo Salter

I’m on auto pilot this week, while we visit the Grand Canyon; I’m sure that it will be Spring not just astronomically but meteorologically by the time we get back. Meanwhile, here’s a series from the Dowling Community Garden: it was past the vernal equinox, but that’s hardly a deterrent to Old Man Winter . . .

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Posted in 35mm, Black & White, Dowling Community Garden, Minneapolis, Pinned & Wriggling, Winter, Yashica

One Response to “underrunning everything”

  1. Daily Dickinson · DEAD. Says:
    January 25th, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    [...] There’s something quieter than sleep Within this inner room! It wears a sprig upon its breast, And will not tell its name. [...]

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