Emphasis Preaching Journal

Two poems about spring seem to capture the sense of transition found in this biblical story. The first is Edna St. Vincent Millay's poem "Spring" which somberly narrates a stagnant, repetitive, harsh life which is only irritatingly punctuated with ephemeral beauty. The second poem by Mark Van Doren is more hospitable to spring. The poetry expresses assurance that spring is the promise fulfilled. Even the thunderous clatter that would overwhelm is but the commencing of its birth pangs.

SPRING

To what purpose, April, do you return again?
Beauty is not enough,