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.