under winter a spring

erasure poem from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, page 64. created on 3/6/21

One day I found
a winter peeking out
from under winter
a spring

All things
tucked away
over the years
formed into
a spring

eagerly beginning
entirely warm.

Blackout (erasure) poem a day, a page a day through Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, published by Milkweed Editions. www.milkweed.org

post #324

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