the whites of spring

Cherries, wild, sweet, sour

Lilacs fragrant

Black locust trees, yes it’s true,

Pears, almonds, narcissus,

Horse chestnuts too

All bursting in blossom

Jack-in-the-pulpits preaching by trees

Dogwoods peeking from hedgerows

Trilliums scattered o’er the forest glen

Like newborn lambs in the meadows

Seagulls dotting freshly tilled fields

Swans elegant gliding on the lakes

Sheets of ice somehow disappeared

Cotton candy clouds softly drifting.

And the pale, pale skin

of English girls, tasting the sun

blushing like Apple blossoms

After a long, cold winter.