Though it's a bit belated, here's a springtime poem to brighten everyone's still wintry days!

The bird has come // El pajaro ha venido

to bring light to birth. // a dar la luz

From every trill of his, //de cada trino suyo

water is born. //nace el agua.

And between water and light which unwind the air, // Y entre agua y luz que el aire desarrollan

now the spring is inaugurated, // ya esta la primavera inaugurada,

now the seed is aware of its own growing; // ya sabe la semilla que ha crecido,

the root takes shape in the corolla, // la raiz se retrata en la corola,

and the eyelids of the pollen open. // se abren por fin los parpados del polen.

All this accomplished by a simple bird // Todo lo hizo un pajaro sencillo

from his perch on a green branch. // desde una rama verde.

Spring, Pablo Neruda