As the crisp air fades
dew gently slips from your face,
and we know - Spring's here

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As the soil restores 

the wonderful petrichor

Upon the earth's core

[co-written by Andrea Middleton and Natasha Munro]

The art of loving:
As pure as spring's first blossoms
Benign masterpiece.

dim clouds in warm night
distant crickets call sharply
a prayer for rain

geese eye the still pool
and enter with a clean cleave
tracing a lean wake

My child, you must sleep
Surrender the absurd day
Enter tomorrow

the fine sand ring rests
life portal for working ants
fragile strength endures