OHIO SPRING

clouds of blooms make sweet the berms

edges of woods

wild fields

any place the wind can reach

or birds can fly for 

no hand of man has intervened

to make the trees stand ankle deep

in shades from palest violet

to deep purple

in the May landscape as

wild Phlox burst from the earth

perfume the wind

dazzle the eye

make spirits sing

each spring in Ohio

where we give thanks

for earth's eternal surprises