Daily savings time is coming up in less than two weeks and there are hints of spring in the air here in Central Ohio: sunny skies, warming temperatures. Here are haiku to welcome in spring.

strolling ease

of spring’s first day

hand in caring hand

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springtime carousel

the melody

of horses

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we sleep

the garden grows

all night

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thunder

slams against my window

spring obstreperous

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gazing far up

into mulberry branches

elder-adventure

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arcing flight

of springtime geese

their glad cacophony

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ecstatic sway

of maple branches

pay attention

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thundercloud

the beauty

of advancing darkness

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chill rain morning

children laughing

anyway

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transcontinental

monarch

garden-training

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treetop cardinals

call and response

crimson liturgy

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crisp half-spring

the last snowflake

vanishes

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spider lowering

off my hat brim

peaceful coexistence

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gardening

she falls away

from herself

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he slowed to greet

the tortoise

of his life