Thursday, March 15, 2012

When we plant blueberry bushes or asparagus

With this very early spring, and little winter, I wonder whether the we had a complete-enough cycle this year, particularly a complete-enough Northern Illinois cycle.  I wonder how it will manifest itself in the longer scheme of things.  Meanwhile I*m keeping an eye on the asparagus patch at church.

When we plant blueberry bushes
Or asparagus,
We speak
Permanence,
Or at least
Green hope and promise
For the future.
We say we will be here
For a long long time
To watch and wait.
We say
We expect a harvest
In years to come.
When we plant the over-winter plants,
The growth that needs one hard frost
Or two
Or three,
We will to wait.
We speak the possibility
Of harvest
In years to come.
But first we pray
For that first hard frost.
We dance at new signs of life
In spring.
We look under leaves
For the signs
All is well.
We wait for the cycle
To go around
Once again.

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