Easter Saturday. I have semi-deliberately delayed this revision till now so at to be able to include some Easter poems, old and new to celebrate the most important festival the Christian year. It seems easter has somewhat crept up on me this year, so much has been happening and after spring seems to have come on with a rush. Snowdrops and crocuses have long gone, the daffodils are finishing though there are still some in full flower in the garden and the tulips are almost all in full bloom. The green haze on the trees is turning to growing leaves, the blackthorn is fading in the hedges - it has been a wonderful year for it - and the pear, plum and cherry blossom is white on the fruit trees, hinting at what sort of harvest there might be if all goes well (pears- fairly good, plums less so0, but then ours have a cycles of good and not so good years).

I hope that wherever you are you have (or have had) a joyous easter and that you continue to enjoy the website. Please let me know what you think of them ! (ironstonepoet@gmail.com of ianrlacy@gmail.com)

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