Think Of It
Listen to Zaro read her poem ...
think of it
the first shudder of damp
somehow signalled
all was ready
then in the deep inside of earth
in the muted underneath of winter
spring began
not with a sudden trumpet of green
or a sky of confetti blossoms
but with a seed
small, pale and barely breathing
it lay quietly
waiting for the lavender clouds
that carry the first warm rains
till for some reason as ancient and
everyday as the sun itself
the seed cracked
split and softly burst into
a faint tendril
a root a sprout
a thin wisp of a growing thing
and with no thought of stopping
it pushed through the
dark soil with the force of
a billion winter winds
until it
pierced the crust of the outside and
split the frozen armour of earth
which has held spring safe
since time began
the first shudder of damp
somehow signalled
all was ready
then in the deep inside of earth
in the muted underneath of winter
spring began
not with a sudden trumpet of green
or a sky of confetti blossoms
but with a seed
small, pale and barely breathing
it lay quietly
waiting for the lavender clouds
that carry the first warm rains
till for some reason as ancient and
everyday as the sun itself
the seed cracked
split and softly burst into
a faint tendril
a root a sprout
a thin wisp of a growing thing
and with no thought of stopping
it pushed through the
dark soil with the force of
a billion winter winds
until it
pierced the crust of the outside and
split the frozen armour of earth
which has held spring safe
since time began
This poem is copyright (©) Zaro Weil 2024
About the Writer
Zaro Weil
Zaro has been a lot of things: dancer, theatre director, actress, poet, playwright, educator, quilt collector and historian, author, publisher and a few others. She has been collecting American quilts for more than twenty years and has exhibited her collection variously in London galleries. She has written on quilts for Vogue, Elle Decoration, Traditional Homes and Interiors as well as numerous newspapers. Her poetry for children has appeared in many anthologies. She has written several books including a book of children’s poetry, Mud, Moon and Me (Orchard Books, UK and Houghton Mifflin, USA), Firecrackers (Troika) illustrated by Jo Riddell and Cherry Moon (2020 CLiPPA Award Winner).
