npm2020 poetry videos day 4 "Launch"

My National Poetry Month Project 2020 is to record a short video each day in April featuring me presenting my published poems.  For poetry lovers of all ages!

Today's poem features crocuses and rocketships.

Launch

      

Crocuses are rocketing

     inch by inch

          out of the crumbled earth

the yellows aim for the sun

the purples push      toward deep space

      and inside

little astronauts in orange suits

   cock their ruffled helmets

                  toward spring