Planting

I am almost ready to plant annuals.  Almost, but not quite.  First I pay attention to what the perennials are doing.

  

The clematis

Returns.

It begins

To vine its way

Up the porch pillars.

The rhubarb accomplishes

Its first spring growth.

The elderberry is leggy

With leaf buds.

Perhaps it’s time to fill

The planters in front,

The planter in back.

Still

I will give them

A few more days.

The weather carries hope

For planting.

I have had such hope

Before.

A few more days

Of clematis and rhubarb

I may be ready for pansies

In front

In back

I may be ready

For pansies.