Very Early Spring
The fields are snowbound no longer;
There are little blue lakes and flags of tenderest green.
The snow has been caught up into the sky--
So many white clouds--and the blue of the sky is cold.
Now the sun walks in the forest,
He touches the bows and stems with his golden fingers;
They shiver, and wake from slumber.
Over the barren branches he shakes his yellow curls.
Yet is the forest full of the sound of tears....
A wind dances over the fields.
Shrill and clear the sound of her waking laughter,
Yet the little blue lakes tremble
And the flags of tenderest green bend and quiver.
Katherine Mansfield
Happy spring!
XX
Victoria
Picture by V.Zlotkowski
Enjoy all the lovely flowers! x
ReplyDeleteYou have flowers already?? There's still piles of snow here... Argh!!
ReplyDeleteAnd a Happy Spring to you. I wish you many springs in your steps!
ReplyDeleteHappy Spring and hope you get to enjoy it immensely!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful choice of KM's poem. I love these following lines in particular:
ReplyDelete"Now the sun walks in the forest,
He touches the bows and stems with his golden fingers;
They shiver, and wake from slumber"....it's so romantic!! She was the only one writer whom Virginia Woolf was jealous for KM was so great at her writings.
That's a beautiful poem. I love "flags of tenderest green". Happy Spring! I wish I had an area to plant something. Do you plant specific flowers every year or whatever you feel like at the time?
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