Spring Approaches by M.J. Iuppa

Looking at the spoils of winter, the soggy

garden is a king-size waterbed that ripples

in the weight of my steps, I hesitate in

the thick slick of mud that covers my boots

and wonder if  I’m stuck here—another

season about to begin out of spite.

What to do?  Turn and look over my shoulder?

For god’s sake, do not leave me— I think

I am a pillar of salt.

I am terrified by what I see all around me—

the misery of devastation— this profound 

mess that has become my bed.

M.J. Iuppa‘s third full length poetry collection Small Worlds Floating was published by Cherry Grove Collections in July, 2016. For the past 28 years, she has lived on a small farm near the shores of Lake Ontario.