Theme in White
After Carl Sandburg
I fleck the grass
with starry eggs in February.
I shine in woods, over hillsides,
limewash and lemon heart
and I am called Galanthus.
On the cusp of spring
when night is crisp
women gather
plant pots of my bulbs,
chant spirit charms
and curse the demon blight.
I am maid-in-the-milk-pail
with pearly gems
and the women pray
I am rebirth.
Sue Spiers lives in Hampshire. Her work has been published in 14, Acumen, Fenland Poetry Journal and The North and on-line at Atrium, Ink, Sweat & Tears and The High Window. Sue works with the Winchester Poetry Festival and edits the Open University Poetry Society’s annual anthology. Sue tweets @spiropoetry.