Slowly

Wachusett Meadow, Princeton, Massachusetts

Into the real spring.

 The woods feel the energy coming from the young leaves.

  Surfacing inclines and declines,

   spreading brightness. 

  

 Shadows of the crowns are not yet here

    and

 little flowers know that it is now or never.

  

  So crisp and intact...

Into the Early Spring

Ward Reservation, Andover, Massachusetts

First green leaves, 

 amidst browns, 

   where muddy prevails.

 

  There! 

 I see a bluebird on a branch. 

   Seems the time is right

 to bring the colors with the wings into the woods...