Still air, grey branches
Await an icy armor
Yet buds push up green
As skies darken
An irruption of robins
Sounds of beating wings
Icy drops trickle
Wind-swept leaves skitter away
Winter’s grip strengthens
Dark thoughts stalk the night
Dry leaves rustle in the lane
Comfort waits for sunrise
Spring-like days and nights
Mock winter’s authority
But no flowers bloom
Linda Pickering is a retired lawyer, now a Mercer County Master Gardener. She’s waiting out winter and the pandemic in Pennington.
Call for Fiction: U.S. 1 continues to welcome submissions of previously unpublished short stories, plays, and poetry by Princeton-area writers to appear in print as space permits. Submissions from children are discouraged.
E-mail your work along with a brief biography to fiction@princetoninfo.com, or mail it to U.S. 1 Fiction, 15 Princess Road, Suite K, Lawrenceville 08648.
