it is spring

with art by Paul Cezanne, lines by Rainer Maria Rilke & photography by man of aran

fallen leaves floating (photo by alan girling)

spring in fall

at your return

though leaves
   (apples too)
fall in flame 
   fall again 
and are gathered 

it is spring 

though clocks 
   fall back and 
dark sleeps late

it is spring 

though 
quicksilver
   suspended
falls slow from
day to icy day 

it is spring 

though (with Rilke) 
the Earth falls 
   from out the stars 
into the Solitude*

it is spring

and though dew 
   from under 
   the moon
falls as frost 

at dawn 

here above  
our fireplace

   tulips in a vase 
   bloom

Tulips in a Vase, Paul Cezanne, 1890

*line from Autumn, by Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. Jessie Lamont)