May Morning, Manitoba

Breaking free of horizon
sun highlights dry maple seeds –
a thousand golden fairy lights
dangle from broken branch.

White throated sparrow trills
Oh, sweet Canada, Canada, Canada.
Bouquet of robins
bobs across saturated lawn.

High on power line 

lone purple martin hunches –
dispirited monk
awaiting delayed insect feast. 

Cotton-ball clouds,
turquoise sky
promise glorious
Manitoba spring day.