I <br /> <br />Warm friends and zither songs <br />already linked our pleasures <br />as winter-hardened St. Paul kept us close. <br />A lunar New Year turned, and suddenly <br />your new year blended into mine. <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />... A day of unexpected winds <br />drives foaming clouds across blue sky, <br />uncovers the wet brilliance of the grass. <br /> <br />Winter-colored birds cross the sunlight. <br />From bare blackened branches <br />winged voices chant fragile songs, <br />piercing both glare and silence. <br /> <br />White light <br />dispels gray skies and folds of mist <br />from this spring day I've promised you since TET.<br /><br />Daniel Brick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/two-letter-poems-in-spring/
