Clearing Sky
Spring’s Return
Sun salutes the morning sky
after days of solemn rain and mist.
Lawns, meadows and fields
are deep green and soft.
A flow of flowers decorate
newly budding trees.
Chipping sparrow chants
a singular staccato trill
while the cardinal croons
a run of sweet notes.
Spring’s return is rich
with color and song.
Lainie Senechal
Pink Azaleas
Fretful Spring
Blue skies are absent –
continual rain and gloom
shuffles spring season,
encourages wayward weeds.
Pewter lake lies languid and still
but perky goldfinches,
with white wing bars
like taut guitar strings,
perch on feeder and voice
their “potato-chip” objections
with each disturbance.
Below, forsythia blossoms mirror
birds’ bright yellow breasts.
Lainie Senechal
Pansies
Spring Breezes
Again, with warming breezes
daffodil blossoms pop open.
Their yellow trumpets shake
in strong spring winds.
Weather is quite fretful,
a frustrating tease.
Soon all will settle
with time to spend
soaking in season’s sun.
Lainie Senechal
Yellow Tulips
Wild March Winds
The wild March winds
slam feeder against the staff.
Squirrels scuffle below
to savor falling seeds.
In a moment of melancholy
one remember springs, now past –
whose times are missed.
A break in the weather,
return of sun’s warmth,
brings a smile as one steps
into the new season.
Lainie Senechal
Lilacs in a Vase
A World of Spring
Lilacs’ perfume permeates
breezes that sail
through windows open
to a world of spring.
No storms disturb
season’s delights,
only small waves
lap a rocky shore
under a sunset
that flows like lava
onto the still lake.
Lainie Senechal
Plum Blossoms
Spring’s Path
Aurora’s birds, in vigorous chorus,
celebrate arrival of green days.
Fields that had declined into
dry, brown stubble are
a wonder of new shoots.
Tiny insects emerge into warmth.
Immense skies fill with
golden light, as spring
moves along its steady path.
Lainie Senechal
Blue Iris
Early April
In strengthening spring sun
last remnants of snow dissolve –
drip from roof’s edges,
form rivulets along path.
Robins arrive in garden, search
for worms under decaying leaves.
Sprouts of daffodils stretch
their long, green limbs upwards
as if to gather armfuls
of shimmering solar rays.
Lainie Senechal
Announcement: I am exhibiting my watercolors in a group show at Amesbury City Hall during the month of April.
Purple Crocus
Reluctant Spring
Spring is definitely delayed –
one feels as if it may
never come,
but we can dream
of heavenly hours in new light
and warm breezes that
caress bountiful blossoms.
No need to kick and whine,
spring always keeps its promise
and will eventually arrive.
Lainie Senechal
Purple Crocus
All Systems Go
The shine of quarter moon
fades into new light
from fire of rising sun.
Mist, a white shroud,
hovers as a gaseous vapor
above lake’s thinning ice.
Nature puts on the other shoe
with all systems set
to go towards spring.
Lainie Senechal
Announcement: Lainie is exhibiting her artwork in A Small Works Exhibit at the Kaji Aso Studio, 40 St. Stephen St., Boston. Opening reception: Saturday, March 10, 2018 from 7-9 pm.
Three Tulips Opening
moves slowly forward.
In night’s final hour
Aurora sweeps her long skirt,
shimmering with colors,
across the wide horizon.
As dawn calmly blinks open,
we patiently wait for
short days to lengthen,
spring’s new light to arrive.
Lainie Senechal