a warm breeze -
falling elm fruits
catch the sun.

snow on the mountains -

swallows chase each other

across the fields.

serene pond surface -
underneath a riot
of toads.

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muddy puddle -
croaking frogs slither
over mounds of spawn
.

first blackbird song -
turning off the radio
to listen.

green spikes through soil -
soon their blooms will remind me
what they are.