Here's one more poem for April, National Poetry Month, and especially for these "damp and foggy" days in the northern tier of Pennsylvania.
John Corrigan
April is National Poetry Month, and I didn't want the month to pass by without posting something historical thatI've written about Montrose. This poem is one of my favorites, and writing it, became a springboard for the rest of my poems about Montrose.
The Yellow of Forsythia
When winter grows in me and I stir in the morning at the least word in anger at what I have done and what my children do I search and hope for longer days where the light rings with new life I yearn for the yellow of forsythia that blooms beside our house in the …
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