sun through bare branches
first time on the wooded path
treetops blushing red
The Fish Head at Incessant Pipe
My poem “The Fish Head” has been published at Incessant Pipe.
Under deep water I found you
in a jar as big as my head
Full poem here:
https://incessantpipe.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/poetry-the-fish-head-frances-donovan/
April Meadow Haiku
over the meadow
still short and barren, sun shines
on the wild onions
Snow Farm Haiku
april, the snow farm
still boasts mountains ten feet high
will they ever melt?
April Rain Haiku
the earth shows me how
to open up to magic
with the new-sprung grass
March Haiku – Dirty Snow
as the snow recedes
who will clean up all the dirt?
will the rains do it?
March Haiku – Thawing Pond
just one patch of ice
where the whole pond was frozen
and even that’s thin
March Haiku – In Need of Snowshoes
the snow in the woods
keeps me on the sidewalk
but the birds are back
Boston Area Poetry Readings for April 2015
April is National Poetry Month. Combined with the advent of spring (and hopefully the disappearance of the last of the snowbanks), that means a massive number of readings in the Boston area. It all culminates with the Mass Poetry Festival, which runs from Thursday April 30 through the first weekend in May.
The April listings are more than ample, but I couldn’t resist giving a shout-out to Janaka Stucky, one of my favorite Boston poets, who will be reading tomorrow evening (Wednesday, March 25, 2015) along with Nicole Terez Dutton, Danniel Schoonebeek, and Jackie Eugene Wang at The Harvard Advocate, 21 South St., Cambridge, MA.
Wednesday, April 1, 7 – 9 pm
Emily Ferrera, James B. Nicola, and Zvi A. Sesling
with Open Mic
Raytheon Room, Wayland Public Library
5 Concord Road
Wayland, MA
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, April 1, 7:30 pm
Veronica Golos
Gloucester Writers Center
126 East Main Street
Gloucester, MA
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March Jagged Snow Haiku
mountain of snow starts
to melt in jagged edges
and the sun’s too bright
Garden of Words 