Spring Preparations

It’s been spring for a month

Yet it’s today I finally pull the

Dry stems from the otherwise

Empty pots, turn the soil, and

Order more seeds.

I’ve been watering the soil

Adding coffee grounds and

Compost to prepare it for the

Plantings of newly-bought

Sunnies both annual and

Perennial to grace my balcony.

This morning in three of the pots

I planted the remnants of seeds

Left from a previous order and

Cullings from the autumns before

Hoping they’ll sprout and flower.

Also this morning I came to the desk

With an seed that’s years old and

I hope, still alive, waiting to be planted

Into watered, composted, and turned soil

I’ve been preparing for many such springs.