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Yes, I too like it - I'm a Sharon fan. But how about Korean War instead of WWII? It is more threatening to be repeated at present. I'm glad you've broken the drought, Sharon. I know how you feel! Andrew On 4 April 2013 16:18, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sharon, > > I admire this poem for its vivid and natural blend of sensory and > conceptual realities. Lovely! > > Sheila > > Sent from my Kindle Fire > > > > _____________________________________________ > From: sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wed Apr 03 15:46:39 MST 2013 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: um. a poem. maybe? > > > * > > Ode to April > > The waxwings have come and gone. > > Blue stars open in the garden, a blue > > deeper than dusk. Seasonal worries > > are still a ways off: flooding rivers, > > drought in the fields, fire in dry woods. > > Fire leaping across the tops of trees, > > toward town. For now, as distant > > as World War III, and as close. We > > turn off our furnaces, shake out > > the rugs, sweep the bare floors. > > The ash trees, bereft of berries, > > push out buds. Squirrels dig > > in the unfrozen flower beds, > > searching out remnants of last > > year’s treasures. The house cat > > watches from the window. What > > do seasons mean to her? In an old > > woman’s memory, these years blur > > together. Once there were young > > men, piled like kindling, hard as > > seasoned wood. All gone now. > > * > > > -- > sharon brogan > http://www.sbpoet.com > http://www.sbpoet.net > http://smallpoems.sbpoet.net > 406.578.1788 > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ 'Undercover of Lightness' http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html 'Shikibu Shuffle' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html