Monday, May 6, 2013

The Intensity of Newness



When I returned from Asia
my native land
was a new country

that spring
the crocus bloomed for weeks
I made repeated pilgrimages
to see them
mauve
yellow
purple
white
and striped

the next year
April was the shortest month
the crocus bloomed briefly
before I noticed
and were gone.

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