Speaking of Spring…

…and all that—which I was on Monday, with a little look at Spring and All by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)—the willows along the river are definitely putting out their new, spring green right now.

And that, dear readers, along with the time of year, put me in mind of a Haarth spring in the The Gathering of the Lost: It even has a reference to spring rain, like the Kobayashi Issa haiku.

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“Spring came to the River in a flurry of blustering winds and driving rain that turned the local ro...