TIME OF SINGING
                                                      A Magazine of Christian Poetry
                                                                    Spring 2013
                                                                Editor: Lora H. Zill

       
                         APRIL AWARENESS
               
                         April had set in
                         without a nod from me.
                         I had been too busy to notice
                         ranks of pink and green
                         springing up outside my door
                         saluting the rise of sap.
                       
                         Then one unspectacular day
                         the brassy Captain
                         of the seasons lingered
                         just beyond my lawn and made
                         glowing gestures of command.

                         In that yellow-white moment
                         I joined a light regiment of rain
                         as it marched up the walk
                         with the quickening step
                         of Spring on parade.
                                         
                                            --Betty Spence
                                               April 2013