Ryan Jessup
First Night of Spring
For Li Bai
the temperature drops below freezing while a small candle flickers on the coffee table
the world continues to dance through eternal beauty and disarray
I marry another hot cigarillo with a cold ale and this is how I pray
before midnight the faint cry of a songbird
About the Author
Ryan Jessup is a husband, father, and poet. His haibun appear widely. He lives with his family in the foothills of North Carolina. Please visit his listing at Poets & Writers for more info