74th

dusk mockingbird

sings into the stillness

and the deep earth hums

73rd

and she waits

thorns glistening with rain -

woody rosebush

72nd

the moan of March winds

in April -

nature's April Fool

71st

patient pear tree

offers tiny bud bouquets

to the cloudless blue

70th

pendulous blossoms

release ripening spring -

magnolia

69th

weeping cherry

your long flowing pink beard

makes me smile

68th

dogwood, magnolia -

your names are hidden to me

until you flower