snow trickles away
browbeaten by the returning sun
sublimed into the blue
pavement and bricks
naked as the wintered trees
echo startled footsteps
birdsong and traffic chatter
brash and loud
passing voices erupt saucily
winter’s muffled caution is gone
spring is back
chattering lewdly at us
About riverwriter
Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else?
wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/
Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.