Early Spring in New England by Martha Christina

outside the doorway
of the upscale grocer

(flowers out of season
and foods from afar):

a box of white
hydrangeas,

petals browning
under fresh snow.



Martha Christina is a frequent contributor to Brevities. Longer work appears in Innisfree Poetry Journal, Naugatuck River Review, earlier postings of Red Eft Review, and most recently in Star 82 Review, and Crab Orchard Review. She has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press).