Spring in Newfoundland

It's spring in Newfoundland again
the equinox has come
But we don't have spring weather yet
for winter time still runs
The woods are still in winter garb
there' lots of ice and snow
And winter clothes are still required
for temperatures are cold

The equinox don't always mean
spring is reality
It's just the textbook date that we
learned in Geography
The sun may be on its way back
towards the northern line
But that provides no guarantee
that weather will be fine

For likely past the equinox
pack ice will come to shore
And with the gales of northern wind
cold weather is in store
The skies will be more grey than blue
no tender shoots of green
Upon the alders and the birch
until May will be seen

But once the date of equinox
comes by, to us it seems
That winter sometime will pass by
and spring is not a dream
A time when nature warms a bit
A time with softer wind
A time to look to summertime
Before autumn starts again.

Wayne Taylor (Bonavista)

  Submitted By: wayne taylor