DPF / Eliot

For the second of two for the first day of National Poetry Month, 2016, from poetryfoundation.org.

from The Wasteland / by T.S. Eliot

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.

DPF / Lowell

For one of two for the first day of National Poetry Month, 2016, from poetryfoundation.org.

from Lilacs / by Amy Lowell

Heart-leaves of lilac all over New England,
Roots of lilac under all the soil of New England,
Lilac in me because I am New England.