“March’s Mercy” Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria (1875-1926)

The frost retreats with fragile hands,

As mercy spreads across the lands.

The crocus bends and dares to bloom,

Defying winter’s final gloom.

The world exhales a breath of green,

In this, the March we’ve barely seen.

A time of change, of fragile peace—

When frozen chains at last release.

From A Poem A Day: All Continental Europe

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