Three Poems by Joyce Zephyrin: "Crocus and Daffodil," "A Little Dust," and "Pearl Gray Dawn"

Joyce Zephyrin is a member of The Last Stanza Poetry Association, the Poetry Society of Indiana, and AFSPS. She is a Hoosier poet, published in Hanover College’s "Hill Thoughts" and the Indiana Voice Journal. Her book of poems, "Shadows on the Land," is available on Amazon. Joyce has worked for many years in libraries, has been a newspaper correspondent, and has also written magazine articles on life in Indiana.

Crocus and Daffodil

Concrete clouds above,

Charcoal puddles below;

Footsteps slog through spongy earth,

Slow drops tick from the roof and

A car splashes through chuck holes

Spinning showers aloft.

A soprano frog peeps her high note

In harmony with unknown tunes of

Birds just passing through while

Crocus and daffodil

Flag the new season.

A Little Dust

Every home should have a little dust:

Give another housekeeper a way to excel for once
Give a chance visitor the comfort that no one fussed
Allow the rigid an opportunity to adjust
And leave the judgmental folks perfectly nonplused

Give yourself a chance for a small reward
An opportunity to breathe and to regard
How light filters through oak trees in the yard
Or the beatific rhyme schemes of the Bard

For mind needs time for wanderlust
Every home should have a little dust

Pearl Gray Dawn

A colonnade of trees line the dim meadow

Branches poised for the slightest breeze

Charcoal board fencing underscores the pale horizon

Hanging clouds insulate all sound

Dampness fills the air

Sleeping birds are lulled by lazy rain drops

Pewter puddles adorn the gravel path

Spring lurks somewhere in the dark

Joyce Zephryin