easter monday we stopped by mcgilvra woods for a brief afternoon walk. the forests are just waking up ’round these parts, so not too many species out and about yet. but saw some vibrant hepatica and virginia spring beauties. there was cut-leaved toothwort all over the place but about to blow in a few days.

mcgilvra is a mesic forest of mostly maple and basswood, known for its spring ephemeral display, of which we saw just the burgeoning swell (cf. supra). exposed sandstone in the southern portion of the site, but i didn’t get to it. next time.

here’re some lunes, and, breaking usual form, a short accentual four-liner. <gasp>

a.

only those humblest

to the earth

ready to begin

b.

hepatica blows

sheltering

between cold root flares

c.

sunlight

chill air

blossoms say:

not yet