The Late Wisconsin Spring
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The Late Wisconsin Spring
summer’s dust by days of gentle rain, the mountains
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood (Vintage International)
even though it’s only early spring, the heat has found its way to us, an unexpected warm day among the cold.
Leila Mottley • Nightcrawling: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022 - the youngest ever Booker nominee
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land
“memory and desire, stirring“ hit the sentiments of the presence.