Buttercups pop up on roadsides, their sunny faces thrive despite the frost.
Frost
In late April,
ice sparkles like pearls
on tender tomato plants.
Wasted work, wasted time!
If I can find
the heart to replant.
But dozens of buttercups
pop up on roadsides,
their sunny faces thrive.
The purple phlox
creeps over verdant grass,
frost didn't steal their act.
Not even the dogwoods
washing the woods with snow
are squelched by winter
scratching the face of spring.
Why droop my head?
I'll rebound. I will rebound!
--Brenda Kay Ledford
Dogwoods washing the mountains with snow.
I hope all my blogger friends are having a beautiful spring and when you plant your garden, that the plants will not be nipped by Jack Frost!
8 comments:
Yes,all too often a late frost damages our plants. There are always a few very hardy ones that are not affected. Love the pretty ones you posted.
Happy May! I'll have to be on the lookout for buttercups. Your photos and the poem are beautiful. I especially love the dogwoods.
This is such a good poem! We've certainly had a late spring this year. But things are finally getting a chance to come alive. The irises are blooming and they're so pretty!
Love this Brenda. I sure hate to hear the frost got some of your garden. this is a strange spring and lots of people have lost what they have planted. I sure hope May is a warmer month for all.
Beautiful poem and photos, Brenda! Isn't it amazing the resilience of spring and how it always returns to us eventually. Happy spring to you!
Truly a picture of the heartbreak of gardening. But, we are eternal optimists, aren't we? Try again and it will be better next time!
Love the buttercups, Brenda. Very nice poem.
Hi Brenda, Beautiful pictures of SPRING.... It took spring a long time to get here this year --but now that it's here, I love it even more..... The frost and freezes in April really did a number on some of our flowers also.... It has been a crazy year!!!!!
Hope you are doing well.
I talked about a new book you would enjoy reading on my blog today....
Hugs,
Betsy
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