Spring Renewal

It is the most familiar renaissance 
of all, renewal time in the forest
trees proudly bearing their
verdant banners of spring,
foliage so eager to erupt on
bare branches as though nature
created a time-lapse warp to
salve the embarrassment of
tree nudity. And on the forest
floor  a sudden burst of energy
as ferns, meadow rue, baneberry,
trilliums, trout lilies, foamflower,
honeysuckle, dogwood, Hawthorne
and Serviceberry erupt in a mad
concatenation of triumphant
presence, while Mourning Cloaks
and bees, robins and cardinals
re-acquaint themselves with
the lush, living green of a
landscape of perpetual renewal.