It's definitely springtime in Valatie when you start to see the baby Herefords in the field, galloping about next to their (somewhat proud/somewhat exhausted) mamas. But spring is also a time to re-evaluate: what can rebirth mean in our lives? Some moo-ving discussion, with photos of our favorite denizens of the pasture -- at blog.amynelsonhahn.info
Spring so sudden
And all of an instant
it was spring --
when a calvling or a foal
melted suddenly into our fold
instantly it was spring
and the frost began to decompose.
Spring arched its maiden back
and pronounced quite matter-of-factly,
the world is upon us;
and so a newborn mooncalf
is halfway round to age --
the wise world turns, and
all of an instant, quite suddenly
spring devises no more subtlety
than this: a child is ancient,
yet we in aged life hark half
to sound the shoals of regret
when easily we might be born again.
Copyright (c) 2012 Amy Nelson Hahn
view with images P4140175, P41401085, P41401095, P41401125, and P4140115 from photos.amynelsonhahn.info or visit blog.amynelsonhahn.info
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