![The thing about spring is breath
Seeds long in the womb of the earth
open their chambered leaves and breathe
Calves helped from Hereford heifers
shudder along their wet red lengths and breathe
while colts unfold their too long limbs and breathe
Surprise to them in what degree, always awe in me](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ranch-in-Spring.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Ranch in Spring
![The thing about spring is breath
Seeds long in the womb of the earth
open their chambered leaves and breathe
Calves helped from Hereford heifers
shudder along their wet red lengths and breathe
while colts unfold their too long limbs and breathe
Surprise to them in what degree, always awe in me](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Ranch-in-Spring.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
ALWAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME
for Andre Breton
Mary Oliver has written another great poem,
That is to be expected you say
she is a great poet after all
It’s only Houdini
getting out of his chains again
no big deal, he is Houdini isn’t he
Oh no my friends
Notwithstanding there might be
a little less effort each time
a little less pain and pushing
at the beginning and the end
a miracle is still a miracle
no matter how often it happens
Take birth for instance