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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPRING CLEANING, by WINONA MONTGOMERY GILLILAND
First Line: The wind of march blows clean; it prunes
Last Line: In april, cluttered with wintry thought.
Subject(s): March (month)
First Line: The wind of march blows clean; it prunes
Last Line: In april, cluttered with wintry thought.
Subject(s): March (month)
The wind of March blows clean; it prunes
All dead wood from the trees; it sweeps
Across the sea, and shapes the dunes
Into well-ordered mounds and heaps,
Burying all the mouldered store
Of rotting leaves beneath the sand.
And now I fling the sagging door
Of my heart wide, with eager hand.
Sing through each winter-darkened room,
Winnow the dusty fears I've sinned,
Then bury all the doubt and gloom
In shining golden dreams, March Wind!
Only a sloven would be caught
In April, cluttered with wintry thought.
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