April (Poetry + Photos)

California cacti in bloom

Welcome back to my (poetry + photos) series, where I share a poem I wrote about each month, plus nature photos taken during that month (these photos came from a variety of Aprils). Enjoy :)

Bushtit

some flowers in California

Double-crested Cormorant

Yellow Warbler

Cooper's Hawk feasting on a Northern Flicker

April pops

Like umbrellas opening

In the hands of Victorian women

Parading the streets,

Dressed in fancy, frilly pastels,

Becoming ephemeral blooms.

Quick bursting petals,

Fluttering descent,

The scent of paintbrush water

Tinging the air.

April dances in technicolor,

Skipping hopscotch across watercolor puddles,

And singing the sun into rising.

From high up in the trees

Starling sounds tumble like pinwheels,

Baby squirrels swirl round and round,

Tulips come to bloom overnight,

Robins converse before dawn,

And all of Nature exclaims,

"Glory to the newborn spring!"

Here are the previous months' poems:

January

February

March

Pileated Woodpecker

Garter Snake

Brown Creeper

Ephemeral blooms