The Blessings of Spring

Joyous as Spring she came,

Anemonies like flame

Broidered the way:

Gauze flylets on the wing

Were there for cherishing,

And little birds to sing

Aubade and roundelay.

Excerpt from The Shadowed Wood 

Smoke of Myrrh (1950) by Ella Young


Photograph © Denise Sallee 2011