Happy Poetry Month!
I received a nice surprise in my mailbox a
week ago—the April issue of Cricket.
My poem “Chinese
Lantern Plant” is on page 16. I just adore Irene Rinadi’s wonderful
illustration. The garden in full bloom gives me hope that spring might finally
be here with summer right around the corner. We had snow last week, but this
weekend is supposed to be beautiful, sunny, and warm. I hope your weekend is
filled with spring weather, buds, blossoms, and poetry.
Michelle has the Roundup at Today’s Little Ditty.
Chinese Lantern Plant
by Sheri Doyle
Who has hung
a hundred paper lanterns
heart-shaped
tomato red
rustling in the garden
above a grassy dance floor
where crickets sing and
beetles jitterbug?
