Speak Not Soft, Daffodil

 

anticipating petals

green spears push

past the edge of dark

all the way to March

certain of the sun

but surely

just as surprised as we

at the moment

the chartreuse bud

throws back her head

and bellows

Katherine January has been published in Sine Cera, Desert Wanderings, Shenandoah Valley Writers’ Guild Showcase, and The Potomac Guardian. She was awarded Honorable Mention for the Byron Herbert Reece Award sponsored by the Georgia Poetry Society. January’s first volume of poetry, The Blue Giraffe, was published in 2010.

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