Cornucopia: Hyacinths

Hyacinths, Double Acrostic

By Kate Chamberlin

February 14, 2021

Hailstones  thaw into  torrential rain drops

   Husband surprises beloved wife  with a gift

Yowling, yammering, yawling gales

   Yellow, pink, and white

Accuweather map’s hues bloom like a Monet garden

   Aroma so sweet as to be cloying

Clouds shaped into dark anvils morph into puffy, white pillows

   Clusters of small florets

Insects metamorphize and bulbs swell

   Incense au natural

Nestlings’ hungry chirps and burbles permeate the evergreen forest

   Newlyweds for 51 years

Temperate temperatures tempt wearing T-shirts and shorts

   Tender kisses and caresses

History repeats cum Janis, as the hours jump ahead

   Happiness abounds

Showers turn the lanes into mud

   Spring is afoot.