Spring is just around the corner

Ode to Spring

Green season is nearly here
Sweet-water scent of life
Cool, tender reeds on sandaled feet

Green means birds
Chirps, warbles, whistles, clicks, streams
Masked by leaves, hidden among trees
Song from everywhere and nowhere

Green wild prairie grass
Untamed spirit of growth
Lively emerald spires piercing 
Through the brown blanket of last year

On a quiet path, the umbrella of trees whispers
“Walk and relax and breathe”
With a slight breeze, delicate quaking jewels
Of fresh leaves spin vibrant

Rosy and white petals of crabapple blossoms
Release a fragrant melody for the bees
Season of buttery trumpeting daffodils
And tulips, tulips, rainbows of willowy tulips

Spring is finally here

Nature nearby is a monthly column by Eden Prairie resident Amber D. Stoner.