Tim Gavin


IDIOT SPRING

I

daffodils tinged brown arched over
hunch backed    broken

everything
is so ahead of itself

sparrows freeze
as they shatter through

mid march expels them

II

april snow surprises us
and clamps us

to a week
end with no fire    wood or wine

we will attempt to save what
we thought we had but

we will see our marriage
tinged brown    our kids estranged

III

we could cut stems    plant bulbs
wait through thaw of idiot spring

opening
our yellow heads

dropping
our green hearts



Date of Birth: March 18, 1963
Location: Merion, Pennsylvania
Email: Tgavin@ea1785.org
Publications: Black Bear Review, Chiron Review, Negative Capability, One Trick Pony, South Dakota Review, Wind, Yarrow, etc.
Chapbook: Home Ground (Rewood Family Chapel, 1994)







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