Monday, March 30, 2009

Too Wet To Plow, Too Windy To Pile Rocks



Too Wet To Plow, Too Windy To Pile Rocks
By Roni Gilpin


Warm sun through the window beckons us. “Outside, Outside.”
Across the field, brown grass wears a green glow.
Stiff bones creak, “It is time, it is time”.

March wind, incessant and unforgiving, disagrees.
It drones on through the distant trees
Like a torrent over rocks in the stream.

There is no quiet, no rest from the tempest, the dull unending roar.
As the last leaves of the burr oak
Are loosed in the current and sent like debris,

Natural detritus mingled with the neighbor’s garbage,
Fast food cartons and plastic bags
Catch in the trees and wave like pennants announcing a spring not yet come.

There is work to be done, but like the crows, tired of fighting the headwind,
We acquiesce, go inside, and pore over seed catalogues.

2 comments:

  1. I love this! We sure have all been here, especially this year.
    Helen

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  2. Last leaves of the burr oak, stiff bones creaking, and plastic bags in trees - what vivid images you have painted! This is nicely done!

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