April snow

(Tired of prompts from NaPoWriMo.net, I returned to a previous year's source the Poetic Asides blog by Robert E. Brewer. He proposes a science poem.)


Highs have hit the 70s for several days.
Still, the snow lingers over woodlands blanketed by nettles of pine.
It is time, they say, to put the peas in the ground,
for the asparagus to push their mighty spears out of the soil,
and for ramps to appear in farmers markets.
Still, the chill persists amid otherwise bright sunshine,
keeping the fireplace warm and heaters on
as April passes the half-way mark.