And so a wet English February draws to a close. The days are getting longer, we have snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils all in flower at once and there have been a few fine days, but the soil is saturated, the becks are full and "the rain is set to continue for at least the next couple of days." But there is hope of spring in the air, the birds are beginning to sing, I saw a couple of optimistic butterflies a couple of days ago and this morning a large bumble bee behind out bedroom blind (how's that for accidental alliteration?) was grateful for its release .

So I have included some seasonal poems this month : for Lent as well as spring, so as to speak of hope at several levels . And as those of us in the northern hemisphere (I know I have one reader at least in New Zealand) embark on new projects and have begun to think of holidays - may this collection encourage and perhaps even inspire!

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