Lately winter came, <br />And gathered up in its arms <br />All its fixed frost <br />And sterile woodlands, <br />Its clusters of books <br />And tatters, old lumber, <br />And heaved it all out <br />Into spring to replenish <br />With life and colour. <br /> <br />And the country animates <br />In ugly blossoms, <br />Feral shoots on the fringe <br />Of these metropoles, <br />Inclined to nurture <br />Their flavorous herbs <br />Beside the butter-dish, <br />A newspaper folded <br />Across a rocking chair.<br /><br />Stug Jordan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lately-4/
