Gotcha! There’s no such thing as “Perfect,” except for you. You’re perfect.
1. ”Sorrow is Not My Name” by Ross Gay
But look; my niece is running through a field
calling my name. My neighbor sings like an angel
and at the end of my block is a basketball court.
I remember. My color's green. I'm spring.
2. “An Earth Song” by Langston Hughes
It's an earth song,—
And I've been waiting long for an earth song.
It's a spring song,—
And I've been waiting long for a spring song.
3. Wild Love by Arda Collins
F.P., I am in love with you beyond anything I can imagine. The azaleas on my street in the spring, the stones in the garden, or the end of the driveway.
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"Your eyes wondrous fountains of joy and of youth
Remind me of days long since flown,
My sweetheart, I led to the altar of truth,
But then the gay spring was my own."
— Irvin W. Underhill, "Winter to Spring"
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To Spring by Roger Greenwall
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The butterfly flies in the direction of spring
The camel walks in the direction of the desert
The human spreads in the direction of the void
I run in the direction of the mirror
– Yi Won, from "The Mirror's Dance" translated
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OH NATURE by Bruce Weigl
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"I watched the dawn come,
Watched the spring dawn come.
And the red sun shouldered his way up
Through the grey, through the blue,
Through the lilac mists.
The quiet of it! The goodness of it!"
— Angelina Weld Grimké, "At the Spring Dawn"
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A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost
Remembering by Dana Naone Hall
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"F.P., I am in love with you beyond anything I can imagine. The azaleas
on my street in the spring, the stones in the garden, or the end of the
driveway."
— Arda Collins, "Wild Love"
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Breaking Spring by Matt Hart
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"The ferns—sharp lime green, lean over
the concrete like a woman over a boardwalk
on a bright spring day like this, though maybe it is better
with Grace’s curious nose assessing the damp earth
while ignoring its copious lizards."
— Analicia Sotelo
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