A Spring Tale

by Sarah Welch and Michael Dylan Welch

First published in Haiku Canada Review 19:2, October 2025, page 95. Originally written 17 September 2024, outside the YMCA at the Sammamish Commons in Sammamish, Washington. See also “A Summer’s Tale,” “An Autumn Tale,” “A Winter’s Tale,” and “Giving Thanks.”

St. Patrick’s Day—

my skin pinched red

by chipped green fingernails Sarah

an emptied plate

of resurrection rolls Michael

steady rain—

Animal Planet reruns

on Earth Day Sarah

flowers

for Mother’s Day?

groundbreaking Michael

playing spades on the ferry

senior skip day Sarah

a flag waving

by a white cross . . .

moment of silence Michael