“Spring,” New Era, Aug. 1972, 26
Spring
Contest Winner
Spring,
You’re such a gentle whisper,
You, with your delicate touch
Of green-laced delight.
You are deceitful!
You feign quiet softness,
But you shout!
Is it the exuberance
Of yellow sun-dappled earth,
Ancient earth that scarce can conceal
The birth of new life
In its brown cool richness?
Shout, Spring,
And let me join in your mad ecstasy!
Photo by Ron Harris, Provo, Utah (contest winner)