Away With You Wild Winter

Away with you wild winter,
We are welcoming the Spring,
Snowdrops, crocuses gleam the garden,
Sweet birds are on the wing.

Warmth of sun’s bright beams
Swelling Life’s new growth,
Slanting rain-spears softly falling
Fill flower buds, leaf buds, both.

Winter-thin hedgehogs venture
Forth for fattening food,
Snouting about the burgeoning garden,
Searching in rotten wood

For insects fat and juicy
To strengthen their frail, thin blood,
To help them find their prickly mates
And bring forth plump, fresh, broods.

Sing joy for advancing Springtime,
Farewell to Winter’s woe.
Hail to the whole of Creation’s wonder
And the seasons’ rotational flow.

Awaywithyouwildwinter