Spring song source: tritina

These first pale golden days announce the spring,

the swelling of the buds and then the song

of birds and water running from the source.

 

A sunrise crisp brings deer up to the source

to drink, where clustered violets frame the spring

that courses through the grass with silver song

 

down to the willow-shaded stream. The song

That stirs the shoots and roots lies at the source

Of all this golden frothing that is spring.

 

All this golden spring, song is the source.

 

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