Nature's World

Grackles producing the gruff
syncopation to leaven the
sweet notes of a song sparrow,
the sopranino-trill of a cardinal,
we are right royally entertained,
the spontaneous concert in our
own backyard, the orchestra
sitting neatly on branches of
our spring-flowering trees,
another of nature's gifts to
complement the ephemeral bliss
of eternal spring inciting trees
and shrubs to blossom,
persuading perennials to reappear
in all their splendid guises in
a combined fragrance of
apple blossoms, lilacs and
lilies-of-the-valley, a
perfection of nature's design.