April 9: First flowers

that point in early spring

even skunk cabbage

is a welcome flower

March 31: Pink Moon

spring’s first full moon

a big gold egg

rising over the harbor

March 22: Crocus

little girl in boots

crushing crocus flowers

under a crust of snow

March 21: Vernal Equinox

first day of spring

nothing leaves a mark
on the packed snow

March 5: March is the cruelest month

not really spring

binge-eating Girl Scout cookies

with low-fat milk

May 18: Spring fever

First hot day--

office door wide open

to birdsong (and one wasp)

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May 16: Water view

Up on the mountain

glimpse of the lake

through screen of new leaves.

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May 11: Spring leaves

Forget flowers.

Vivid beech leaves unfurl

along the riverbank.

 

 

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May 9: That point

Grass high enough

to mow now.

Daydreaming of islands.

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April 27: Bryant Park

Keep off the new sod,

so we sit next to the grass

and take pictures.

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April 25: Into spring

Driving south--

annual revelation

of flowering trees.

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April 23: Rare bird

My husband and I spent almost the whole day standing in a backyard in Sheepscott with dozens of other birders hoping to catch a glimpse of a Fieldfare. This bird was first observed a few days ago, and has never been recorded before in Maine. So it would have been an exciting sighting. But it was not to be.

 

However, we enjoyed our day of waiting, seeking, and hoping. We caught up with birder friends who had shown up from all around the state while soaking up the first sunlight we'd seen in days. And while we may not have seen the Fieldfare, we did see pairs of Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Tree Swallows, Bald Eagles, and Red-tailed Hawks, and were serenaded by Ruby-crowned Kinglets and bluebirds. Love was literally in the air. And we saw a fox, which was shooed away by a loud pair of Canada Geese.

 

We didn't see the rare bird

but perhaps that's not

what we were there for.

 

 

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April 20: Birdsong

Noticing this morning

as if for the first time

songs of robins.

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April 16: Easter Sunday

Record warm day.

Kinglet singing on and on,

maple trees in bloom.

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April 10: Spring is in the air

Outside for the first time

this spring the cat

sniffs everything.

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March 20: First day of spring

first day of spring--

sit on the sunny back step

squinting at snow glare

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March 19: Last day of winter

Last day of winter--

purple haze of alder catkins

against the snow.

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March 4: Signs of Spring, Part IV

After Basho

 

Finishing vodka

to use the bottle--

a vase for pussy willows.

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February 28: Signs of Spring, Part III

dirt road: speeding car

slowed by frost heaves

maples hung with sap lines

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February 26: Signs of Spring, Part II

Pointing out in snow

where the rose gardens are.

Vultures passing over.

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