April Gale
Oh, how the wind howls,
howls the blossoms from the boughs;
Oh how the boughs bend,
bend and willow to the ground;
Oh, how the ground wells,
wells with blossoms blown to hills;
Oh, how the hills sound,
sound a whisper pink and loud.
Heidi Mordhorst, "April Gale" from Pumpkin Butterfly; Poems from the Other Side of Nature. Copyright © 2009 by Heidi Mordhorst. Reprinted by permission of Highlights for Children/Boyds Mills Press.
Source:
Pumpkin Butterfly; Poems from the Other Side of Nature
(Boyds Mills Press, 2009)