“Glory-of-the-Snow” by Len Krisak

Glory-of-the-Snow
(Chionodoxa luciliae) 

And still white patches show
Out on the late March lawn,
With winter not yet gone.
(It chooses not to go
Or let the flowers grow.)
But through the shallow white
That's settled on brown blades
Comes glory-of-the-snow
In sparse uprisings — raids
Where it fights for the light.
Six-petalled stars of blue,
Though yellow at their core,
Have bravely broken through.
Come April, there'll be more.

LEN KRISAK

Len Krisak is a poet whose notable works include Say What You Will (Able Muse, 2020), The Aeneid (Hackett, 2020), and The Carmina of Catullus (Carcanet Press, 2014). They have been awarded the Richard Wilbur Prize, the Robert Frost Prize, and have had poems featured in journals such as The Antioch Review and Raritan.

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