Poetry and art will see us through in 2022

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Editor’s Note: This poem was sent to The Beachcomber by islander Sarah Greene, and is paired here with a recent photograph by Jim Diers, taken at Kubota Garden, located in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle.

Ode To Spring

Cool and lush and green and calm

Restores me like a healing balm

Winter’s chill has lost its grasp

Springtime’s hope arrives at last

Flowers, birdsong, longer days

Nature’s gifts I freely praise

— Sarah Greene