WINDS OF MARCH

It is said that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Here in Kodiak March is when winter gets blown away. High winds return just before the vernal equinox causing people to bundle up against the chilling winds and walk, not so much upright as leaning into the forces of nature. Soon the day will outlast the night and the season of growth will be here.

WILD OATS
by Robert Penn Warren

I am sowing wild oats
on rocky hills and steep,
and when my harvest ripens
I shall not be here to reap.

But the four wild winds shall winnow
and the sun and rain shall reap;
and they shall glut my storehouse,
but I shall be asleep.