April
If April is cruel
May is so friendly
Pleasant and kind
The result of soft winter snow
And spring rains
May is green and pink and red
A teenage year
As summer learns to drive
Right to tulips left to peonies
June's young adult
Searches for July and August
Hoping for a tryst
Then a mellow September
Casting long shadows
To the final quarter
Copyright 2016
Richard L Ratliff
Published in April 2017 Pencil Marks newsletter
Apr 6, 2018
Apr 6, 2018 at 2:33 PM UTC
April
If April is cruel
May is so friendly
Pleasant and kind
The result of soft winter snow
And spring rains
May is green and pink and red
A teenage year
As summer learns to drive
Right to tulips left to peonies
June's young adult
Searches for July and August
Hoping for a tryst
Then a mellow September
Casting long shadows
To the final quarter
Copyright 2016
Richard L Ratliff
Published in April 2017 Pencil Marks newsletter
