With buds on maple,
ducks on pond, robin bobbin' -
       it must be spring - no?

 Dear Lord,

I met several strangers 

as I walked through this day.

Were you one of them?

Were you all of them?

I regret not paying more attention.

Help me see you more clearly in the people I meet tomorrow.

 

After months of snow - 

unvaryingly smooth, still -

      ripples on the pond! 

 I will (1) fly on your 
airline if your C.E.O
      flies main cabin - deal?

(1) maybe! 

Gray curl in sunlight,

Stretches, yawns, blinks, resettles -

       Ivan, hotel cat. 

Nice breakfast, found my

hat, walk to art museum -

      life smiling on us. 

Raising water (1) to

making electricity (2) -

        windmills do it all.

 

(1) with Archimedes screws, one level to another

(2) grinding grain, sawing lumber.... 

Yup  we're in The Netherlands - tulips today!