Maple Syrup Time

A family reunion of sorts took place this weekend for my granddaughter's high school graduation. One conversation, started by my daughter from London, centered around maple syrup and the fact that most of it originates either in the US or Canada.

Below is another "Found Poem," a poem coaxed from a prose piece, that happens to be about maple syrup and the changing springtime.



Maple Syrup Time

                       Astro Bob, "Full Broken
                       Moon Shines Tonight and
                       Friday," Duluth News
                       Tribune, 4/18/19


Sugarbushing
catches then passes winter
in woods slightly out of line.

Flower moss blooms
from broken snowshoes,
and the Egg Moon of April

traces sprouting frogs. Snow
on the ground and ground phlox
reflects a pinkish-orange horizon.

Pause the moment
as the weather remains suspect
on a tilted earth with two moons rising.



Marilyn Aschoff Mellor