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Almost Spring
The poems in Almost Spring were written from 1992 to 1998 and show Ball's ongoing engagement with nature, with visual and aural perception, and with language.
- GenresPoetry
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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January 28, 2022
Spring's
first fragrance -
the damp
rot of
last year's
leaves and floers
* * *
W)here
the
grass-
hopper
is (it
was
* * *
Above
the line of poplars
the
yellow sun
burns
large
and
close
about
to ignite
the
trees
* * *
I talk
to the moon
it answers with
my answers
it's like
talking to God
except
the moon's
a real
presence
not
so far
away
* * *
I write
poems, to
stall
or still
life, here
before
my
eyes
first fragrance -
the damp
rot of
last year's
leaves and floers
- Early Spring, pg. 19
* * *
W)here
the
grass-
hopper
is (it
was
- Grasshopper, pg. 24
* * *
Above
the line of poplars
the
yellow sun
burns
large
and
close
about
to ignite
the
trees
- Later Afternoon, pg. 29
* * *
I talk
to the moon
it answers with
my answers
it's like
talking to God
except
the moon's
a real
presence
not
so far
away
- The Moon, pg. 37
* * *
I write
poems, to
stall
or still
life, here
before
my
eyes
- Note, pg. 50
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