Spring in the Village

Red robin swoops across the road,

landing on a patch of bleached brown grass.

Blue sky is laced by glinty snow,

icy, crusty, mounds.

Boys playing soccer,

and girls jumping rope.

Boot clad feet dangle from tree limbs.


An old woman across the street,

sits with face turned to sun,

hat pulled low, mitten clad hands folded.

An old dog, sleeps at her feet.

A butterfly hovers by her shoulder.