Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things … Continue reading April in Texas: Loveliest of Flowers #AtoZChallenge
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Emily Dickinson: “A Light Exists in Spring” and Some Words About the Poet
A light exists in spring Not present on the year At any other period. When March is scarcely here A color stands abroad On solitary hills That science cannot overtake, But human nature feels. It waits upon the lawn; It shows the furthest tree Upon the furthest slope we know; It almost speaks to me. … Continue reading Emily Dickinson: “A Light Exists in Spring” and Some Words About the Poet
Loveliest, Again
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look … Continue reading Loveliest, Again
April in Texas: A Mild Madness
I've said before, and loudly, that my Tennessee ancestors must have rolled into Central Texas in April, when the wildflowers were in bloom. Otherwise, like General Philip Sheridan, they would have chosen to rent out Texas and live in Hell. My friend from Cleveland disagrees. He says the Wallers and the Grahams settled here because, … Continue reading April in Texas: A Mild Madness
Loveliest
March. Trees are leaving and budding, wildflowers are blooming. By the end of the month, bluebonnets will blanket the Texas fields and roadsides. And by June, it will all be gone. Of my threescore years and ten, fifty-eight will not come again. I'm going out to see the loveliest spring there is. Join me.
