Come March

The earliest signs of change

come to us in red,

come as the spring equinox

reaches our forests and lakes:

come as Robins rake the duff,

dig for earthworms, Red-winged

Blackbirds come, guard stands

of sundecks with song, come

glow the Maples that erupt

in twists of red flowers. Fires

come, before life bursts forth.

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