I Send You This Spring Equinox

spring equinox photo

spring equinox photo

The scent of hyacinths, like a pale mist, lies

between me and my book;
And the South Wind, washing through the room,
Makes the candles quiver.
My nerves sting at a spatter of rain on the shutter,
And I am uneasy with the thrusting of green shoots
Outside, in the night.

Why are you not here to overpower me with your

tense and urgent love?

— Amy Lowell, Vernal Equinox

spring equinox photo

spring equinox photo

Photos by: David Wilson Clarke, Mamooli, NASA Goddard Photo and Video, Joana Roja