Spring Again
that old chicanery
of sun-rinsed air
and nearly-finished flowers
The meadows
are tricked out
in sudden green
the rivers gulping,
tearing to the sea
We are so eager to believe
the sleight-of-hand
the magic cotton-tailed trees
Smoke-white blossoms
cloud the air yet
beneath
our feet the earth
maintains her
old sure suck.
CHRISTINE GELINEAU is the author of three full-length books of poetry: Crave from NYQ Books; Appetite for the Divine, winner of the McGovern Prize from Ashland Poetry Press and Remorseless Loyalty, winner of the Snyder Prize, also from Ashland. Read more.
“Spring Again” appears in Remorseless Loyalty (Ashland Poetry Press, 2006).