Sketchbook  Elaine K., NZ, Ella Wagemakers, NL, Zhanna P. Rader, US

 

Rengay Lengthening Days last heavy snowfall— behind the plough a crop of crows                            ek lengthening days— early worms break ground             ew wet dirt where I planted grass— small blue butterflies                     zpr cows squelch in the mud                by the trough                              ek past the horses under the noonday sun— a new potato field                        ew in the meadow children running barefoot               zpr   First published in LYNX: A Journal for Linking Poets 2 June, 2005.