Melting snows seek the sea,
spawning fish flow upstream.
Spring mystery solved!
Awakened by a
cold wind tugging the covers:
your happiness in my heart!
Zphx
See April 14. On the Cliffs. - It is now perfectly calm. The different parts of Fair Haven Pond -- the pond, the meadow beyond the button-bush and willow curve, the island, and the meadow between the island and mainland with its own defining lines -- are all parted off like the parts of a mirror. A fish hawk calmly sails over all, looking for his prey. So perfectly calm and beautiful, and yet no man looking at it this morning but myself:
Streams break up;
ice goes to the sea.
Now sails the fish hawk,
looking for his prey.
Journal, April 14, 1852
Awakening with love for you
ReplyDeletebefore first thought,
a morning breeze pulls the covers
up to my smile.
Raindrops on the glass,
fresh snow on new-mown grass,
seasons of love past.
spring mystery was composed long ago, long before i began to follow HDT. this spring 2012 i find in april 14 and 18 1852 HDT saying
ReplyDelete"The streams break up;
the ice goes to the sea.
Then sails the fish hawk overhead,
looking for his prey."
and
"This is the spring of the year.
Birds are migrating northward to their breeding-places;
the melted snows are escaping to the sea."