72 micro-seasons 70

Janey

Harbingers of spring -

the snowdrops eluded me

until yesterday

Helen 

Small bright green spears pierce

This cold wet earth, which fractures

Gradually, slow.

72 micro-seasons 69...

 Janey...

A rain-splatter, then

a sparkling mackerel sky

welcomes in our day

Helen...

First thing, tangled rose,

all higgledy-piggledy - 

pruning has calmed her

72 micro-seasons 68

Janey ...

Twigs hung with diamonds

in the frosty morning sun -

truly I am rich

Helen...

I tread gingerly -

An icy sheen on the road -

Pink sky, sparkling sun.

72 micro-seasons 67

Janey...

Dazzling white strikes blue

to my unaccustomed eyes -

sparkling sapphire world

Helen ...

Collies, damp cattle;

Cold river of black and white 

Flowing down the road.

72 micro-seasons 66

Janey 

The year crashes in -

rain and wind and sun. Meanwhile 

the robins and sparrows

Helen Hutchinson

Ice on the greenhouse -

I breathe in deep this New Year -

A tiny wren hops.