garden sonnet

spring has sprung
in my fevered imagination
though it's early yet
to walk barefoot through my garden
where the memory of snow
clings to the gravel
but once again
in the unseasonable north
my tiny daffodils
have outpaced my crocuses
and my shameless primroses
fight their way up among the weeds
this february garden
comprises hope and rain in equal parts

sevoo
(c) February 27, 2004

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