mokos-ku

[mokos-ku]

late at night

the wind sounds colder

than it is

[mokos-ku]

in the backyard

the first robin has arrived

before the first worm

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no rain after all

the man feeding squirrels

removes his hat

[mokos-ku]

March sun

now you see it

now you don’t

[mokos-ku]

first green grass

and look!

a dandelion

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tin whistle

so many tunes

so little time

[mokos-ku]

March scampers

in ever-widening circles

around the first dandelion

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drooping narcissus

heads down—

spring rain

[mokos-ku]

spring day

all the windows open

to lure it inside

[mokos-ku]

bus stop

the abandoned coffee cup

patiently waiting

[mokos-ku]

March creeps in

without notice—

crocuses

[mokos-ku]

lost in March mud—

the first crocus to sprout

is not the first to bloom

[mokos-ku]

February thaw

the dog tracks spring mud

into the winter kitchen

[mokos-ku]

life

is hard without

a dog to stick its nose

into your open heart and not

let go

[mokos-ku]

empty hook

nevertheless

he casts again

[mokos-ku]

snow again last night

a deer passed by silently

hoof prints in the yard

[mokos-ku]

who’s there?

a woodpecker knocking—

early thaw