Lichun

(Start of spring)

by T.P. Wilkinson / February 5th, 2023

Lights reflected ‘round (Photo: Faye Sarras)

All the days remembered
Would even look just alike
Had we only our two eyes
Had we only our two ears
All those lights reflected ‘round
Even echoes doubled sound
Modest haloes above us glow
Another spring for melting snow.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

This article was posted on Sunday, February 5th, 2023 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.