Towards April Twilight
orchestra of colors:
magenta and tangerine
lemon and ruby
set the sky in flames
barefoot I walk
on moist grass
thickened
by afternoon rains
coagulated winter numbness
dissipates
with the air’s whisper
of impending warmth
memories swept by autumn winds
reborn in tender green branches
resplendent
in the fading glow of the setting sun
the heart’s joy and yearning
awaken once again
towards April twilight.
D. G. Vachal © 2024
Image by FeroBanjo @pixabay
Spring Song
suddenly daffodils,
tulip green lapels
under morning sunlight:
songbirds alight
leafless branches
bursting
with tender tree-buds —
can you hear the voice
of the turtle dove?
my heart pirouettes
with gladness
because the promise remains
unbroken:
morning joy comes
after nighttime
weeping
winter’s dark despair
once again
births a million
almond blossoms.
D. G. Vachal © 2024
Imagery by Alexander Gresbek
Pear tree blossoms
plentiful
as the stars,
packed into constellations
individual as the eye,
purity of milk and diamonds,
whitecaps of oceans
awaken
into another dream,
lost moments found,
forgotten tales
retold
of skeletal branches
putting on fat and flesh,
garbed in gowns of organza,
taffeta and voile,
of golden green,
magenta’s pink,
and crimson of the maples,
the stars
descend from the heavens,
dip into the tin paint
gallons of the rainbow,
morph into manifold
forms of delight,
crayola of corollas
dazzle
upon the vibrant grass.
by D. G. Vachal © 2013
lilies, sparrows and grass 
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