Seasonal Grammar
"Chlorophyll, interrupted. . .” —Teresa Matlock
What is a New England spring
but a caesura of winter,
parenthesis between snowstorms,
a question mark of sun.
It is chlorophyll interrupted,
a semicolon of green,
a dash of temperature rising,
and the full stop of all that white.
It is the gerund of light
exploding, returning;
verbs and verse of the vernal,
and an exclamation point of desire.
(Each year I learn the grammar again.)
— Jane Yolen, author of Sister Fox's Field Guide to the Writing Life
All poems, art, and photos are public domain, creative commons, or used by permission of author or publisher. "Seasonal Grammar" copyright ©2014 Jane Yolen, all rights reserved. Photo by Susana Fernandez, via Flickr.
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