The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring
For Paula
The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring - context Summary
Arrival of Spring
Written for Paula at the arrival of spring, the poem celebrates thaw and renewal through vivid color and energetic motion. The speaker addresses a companion directly, urging playfulness and intimacy as wind and season animate the landscape. Free-verse lines emphasize movement and sound—wind that sings, hustles, and pulls—turning natural change into an invitation to join in exuberant, almost childlike celebration of spring’s return.
Read Complete AnalysesTHE GRIP of the ice is gone now. The silvers chase purple. The purples tag silver. They let out their runners Here where summer says to the lilies: 'Wish and be wistful, Circle this wind-hunted, wind-sung water.' Come along always, come along now. You for me, kiss me, pull me by the ear. Push me along with the wind push. Sing like the whinnying wind. Sing like the hustling obstreperous wind. Have you ever seen deeper purple ... this in my wild wind fingers? Could you have more fun with a pony or a goat? Have you seen such flicking heels before, Silver jig heels on the purple sky rim? Come along always, come along now.
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