A Perfect Light

Sometimes

—every once in a while—

a perfect light

illuminates

a perfect sight.

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Spring

It begins with tiny snowdrops

shivering
in the middle
of frost-bejeweled lawns,

and primulas in colourful skirts

crouched
along the edges
of damp flower beds.

The crocuses come crowding in

and tiny violets
peek

sweet faced

between the blades of greening grass.

Hellebores dress shady corners,

ladylike
in pink and green,

and daffodils shout
YELLOW
to the wind.

Buds blush
upon the fingertips

of aged apple trees

And shy forget-me-nots

whisper
loved ones' names to me.

Now come the cherry trees,
double flowering,
blousy barmaids,
shouting for attention

but...
it is the white veiled apple tree
that takes my breath away,
as it waits
to take the hand
of the first sweet summer day.

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I Could Live Here

No shopping malls.

No fast food take out.

No community college.

No theater.

I thought,

"I could never live here."

But then I heard the waves breaking on the shore.

saw mussel shells scattered in the grass,

and hanging moss 

glowing vivid green,

backlit by winter sunshine.

I wet my hands in ice cold

blue-green creeks,

contemplated white tree trunks

in spring-time snow,

and looked at ponds so still

that it was difficult to know

where solid ends

and the liquid world begins.

And I thought

"I could LIVE here."

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