You will have a 70-degree day followed by a blizzard. You will wear shorts in the morning and a parka at night. What comes after winter is chaos —but it is the good kind. It is nature reminding us that nothing moves in a straight line.
: In literature, spring often symbolizes rebirth or hope, though it can also be associated with sadness or dread if expected changes do not occur—such as in Roger Greenwald’s poem "To Spring," where the speaker feels melancholy as the light returns but a lost love does not.
Go outside. Breathe in the mud. You made it.
Meteorologists and climatologists divide the year into four fixed three-month blocks based on the annual temperature cycle. This makes it easier to track weather trends and compare seasonal data from year to year.
After winter comes the unraveling. Scarves are loosened, windows are cracked, and the heavy coat of the season is shed. Green shoots push through the rot of last year’s leaves. The days stretch their limbs. Hope returns, wearing the color of new grass.