March Snow
(i)
weighted with snow
the bamboo
bends into the road
(ii)
the clouds grow thin
the snow on the beech leaves
burns whiter
(iii)
the only red thing
a fire hydrant
wearing a white hat
(iv)
on the tulip tree
last year’s flowers
blooming again
(v)
under spring snow
the pepper root
grows hotter
JS Absher
(from Twitter)
[Note: The cut-leaf toothwort or pepper-root blooms in April and has a hot root that was used by the American Indians to season food]
