Spring unsprung

Spring Evening, Hayami Gyoshu, 1934

Spring Evening, Hayami Gyoshu, 1934

Spring sprung earlier today, at 12:57:07 pm. Happy New Year, if you’re Iranian. Bye-bye winter, everyone else. The thing is, though–spring may have sprung, but my brain is still unsprung. The white of the world still pales my mood, the cold is still upon my knee and elbow. Beneath the thin layer of oozy driveway mud, the ground is still hard as a rock. So I’m just not feeling it.

That being said–I’ve been whining like a cranky toddler since mid-November, so it’s time to shake it off. I observe more daylight, and a growing abundance of birds–and that’s good. If I was in my best self, I’m sure I would have observed many other signs of spring. So help me out here–share some bit of evidence you have seen that let’s you know spring is on the way in a comment below.

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And as a firm believer in the power of poetry, this also seems like a good day to fire up the annual Spring Haiku Challenge. Share in 17 or so syllables something muddy, damp, pale green. Some taste of awakening, some thread of song on the air. We’ll just add to last year’s page, so you can have plenty of samples to draw upon for inspiration, or perspiration–whichever technique works for you. Try the Spring Haiku Challenge.

Here’s an icebreaker:

Today, yesterday–
nothing changing, naught gone green,
just this faint wet scent.

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5 Comments on “Spring unsprung”

  1. Julie Miller says:

    I was happy to hear birds singing the past two mornings. Spring sports practices have begun. I felt some RAIN earlier today.

  2. D Zipper says:

    Saw a big fat Robbin in my maple tree on 8 Feb…..our 39th anniversary, no less. The following week I observed two more Robbins……..but none since then! Guess they were the advance guard??

  3. Nelly Case says:

    Looks like my haiku did not come through. Here it is again:

    Seven deer wander
    sadly past the house at dusk—
    nothing here to eat.

    This really did happen Wednesday evening. They passed about 10 feet from me as I watched through the open garage door. I felt so sorry for them.

  4. 4man says:

    Tiny yellow dandelion
    Peeps through a sidewalk crack
    Raw wind blows

  5. Joann E. Ferris says:

    A sure sign of spring–a skunk.
    Purple finchs and goldfinches at the feeder.

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