Faye Sizemore

CANDLEMAS IN THE SOUTH

General Beauregard LeeAs of dawn on Candlemas day
… winter is going away
Beau has seen no shadow
… an early southern spring
Winter is on the wing

Awake… Awake…
ye sleeping flowers…
ye fragrant grasses…
every silent seed
Behold… a cold season passes

The Groundhog has decreed
an urgent need
for winter to flee…
routed by an army of one…
General Beauregard Lee…