MURRAY COUNTY POETRYPoems by Murray Poets and Poems About Murray County SIGNS OF SPRING by John Homer Luffman1910-1987 I SAW A JONQUIL IN A SHELTERED PLACE WIDE OPEN WITH ITS FACE TURNED TO THE SUN WHILE YET THE ICY WIND BLEW ON APACE IT CAN'T BE LONG UNTIL THE WINTER'S DONE. I SAW A ROBIN IN HIS PEG-LEG GAIT LOOK CLOSELY FOR A MORSEL IN THE GRASS, I FEEL A KINSHIP WITH HIM AS WE WAIT, IMPATIENT FOR A MONTH OR TWO TO PASS. I SAW A KITE FLY HIGH AGAINST A CLOUD A HAPPY SHIRT-SLEEVE LADDY HELD THE STRING, AND AS I WATCHED THE SCENE I THOUGHT ALOUD "THIS IS A SURE-FOR-CERTAIN SIGN OF SPRING." I SAW A GIRL- HER AGE I DO NOT KNOW- INSPECTING NEW SPRING FASHIONS IN A STORE, ANOTHER THING THAT ONLY GOES TO SHOW IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL THE WINTER'S O'ER. WE PUT THE SIGNS TOGETHER, THEN WE SAY FOR SURE THE WINTER MUST BE ALMOST THROUGH- AND WHO IS THERE WHO DOESN'T HASTE THE DAY WHEN SPRINGTIME BRINGS TO NATURE LIFE ANEW. Murray County Poetry
Murray County Poetry