An overnight chill
silenced the Spring Peepers.
Perhaps tomorrow
the chorus will return,
and the early Trout Lilies
will unfurl, uncurl next week,
followed by Bloodroot
breaking through organic debris,
and wrapped in their own leaves.
as the soft soil of the woods
slowly warms with April.
© 2021 Richard Havenga
Photo Locations:
1. 2. 3. 4. Home Woods - Cannonsburg, Michigan
1. & 2. Trout Lily
3. & 4. Bloodroot
"...and the early Trout Lilies will unfurl, uncurl next week," ~ from: "April Warming" by Poet/Photographer Richard Havenga @ Walk With Father Nature: https://walkwithfathernature.blogspot.com/2021/04/april-warming.html
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