First published in March, 2023.

“March’s Lion and Lamb”
By Mildred Alpern

The saying that March comes in like a lion
And then goes out like a lamb
Suggests an animal sequence
Of an unlikely caravan

It make the month a strange scene
Bifurcated in two
With a fierce start
And a gentle heart
When the ending of March comes due

Oh winds of March in swirling blast
Resounding through the trees
Carrying chords high pitched and loud
Cacophonous harmonies

But chilling breezes through the month
Daunt not the daffodil
Just dreaming of that gentle lamb
While blooming on the hill

The calendar months project arose from a simple question: what makes each month distinctive? The poems were created to merge the wonder of the people and sites of the neighborhood with the calendar months. Check out other months here.

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