Spring: Inside and Out

Dawn's early light, Shorter nights
Showers steady, Raincoat ready
No more Winter blues, Muddy shoes
Sunshine pending, Cold days ending

Old shed leaning, Time for Spring cleaning
Birds on the wing, Dust on everything
Buds on trees, Busy me
Butterfly wings, My vaccuum sings

Hyacinths seen, St. Patrick's Day green
Leaves in heaps, Easter Peeps
Brown lawn greens, Jelly Beans
Bulbs emerge, Families converge

Picking up twigs, Dressing to dig
Ducks have returned, Garden tips learned
Temperatures rise, Plant catalogs arrive
Already? weeds?!, Start early seeds

White flowered clover, Hibernation over
Birds gobble seed, Quilts? No more need
Looking at the growing grass
through panes of yet un-Windexed glass!

Signs of Spring

  Dancing dafodils in the wind
  Buds of red & green
  Winter's promised drear rescinds
  Raindrops often seen

  Wrens hunt spiders newly hatched
  With comical routine
  Bright red Cardinals not yet matched
  Chase rivals from the scene

  Anticipation comes in waves
  Of warmth and plants we dream
  Anxious gardner's hearts behave
  Like hibernating teens!

  Early bulbs break thru the soil
  Poke out their nose of green
  Insects wake, begin their toil
  Thunderstorms will teem

  Rabbits leave their dens behind
  Squirrels start to scheme
  How to rob the feeders blind
  Until I want to scream!

  Mourning Dove's romantic skills 
  Darting Chickadees
  Songbirds tweet melodic trills
  The Signs of Spring are these